Basil Hirschowitz
Basil Hirschowitz · Science & Medicine
Gastroenterologist who invented the fiberoptic endoscope.
1925, Bethal, South Africa — 2013, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
South Africa · United States
Basil Hirschowitz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Gastroenterologist who invented the fiberoptic endoscope.
Hirschowitz was a gastroenterologist who in 1957, with colleagues at the University of Michigan, built the first practical flexible fiberoptic endoscope, transforming the diagnosis of internal disease and advancing fiber optics broadly. He was born in Bethal, South Africa, to Lithuanian-Jewish immigrant parents.
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Gastroenterologist who invented the fiberoptic endoscope.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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