An early flexible gastroscope

Authors

  • Ángeles Franco-López Servicio de Radiología, Hospital Universitario del Vinalopó, Alicante
  • Jesús M. Culebras De la Real Academia de Medicina de Valladolid y del IBIOMED, Universidad de Leon, León

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19230/jonnpr.1592

Keywords:

Flexible gastroscope, history

Abstract

The first flexible gastroscopes were developed during the fourth decade of the XXth century. One of them, a Cameron flexible gastroscope can be visited in the Infanta Margarita Museum of the National Royal Academy of Medicine of Spain. Several photographs of the Cameron flexible gastroscope are presented and a brief description of the evolution of gastroscopy along the XXth and XXIst century is made.

 

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References

Schindler R. Diagnostic gastroscopy with special reference to the flexible gastroscope. JAMA. 1935;105(5):352-355. doi:10.1001/jama.1935.02760310026007

Benedict EB. A critical review of gastroscopy. The Bulletin 1944. 179-189

Benedict, EB. Examination of the stomach by means of a flexible gastroscope; a preliminary report. New England J Med 1934;210:689.

Benedict, E. B. Indications for gastroscopy. New England J Med 1940 ;223: 925.

Antonio Culebras Souto. Wikipedia. https://goo.gl/6KtJ7L

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Published

2017-07-17

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 12: (December 2017) JONNPR 2017;2(12):651-818

Section

Historical Corner

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