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HIRSCHOWITZ, Basil Isaac (1925 – 2013)

HIRSCHOWITZ, Basil Isaac (1925 – 2013)

1925 – 2013

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1958 CE

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Demonstration of the new gastroscope, the “fiberscope”.

HIRSCHOWITZ, Basil Isaac (1925 – 2013)
HIRSCHOWITZ, Basil Isaac (1925 – 2013)

The Hirschowitz fiber optic endoscope, the "Fiberscope." In February 1957 Hirschowitz passed the first prototype instrument down his own throat and, a few days later, down that of a patient. Hirschowitz gave the first…