Object Details
maker
Wolf, Georg
Description
Rudolph Schindler (1888-1968) was a German-Jewish physician and gastroenterologist who invented a flexible gastroscope for viewing the interior of a stomach. This early example was made by Georg. Wolf, a medical instrument maker in Berlin, circa 1929. Dr. Schindler brought it with him when he moved to the United States in the 1930s.
Ref: “Dr. Rudolph Schindler Dead at 80; Physician Invented Gastroscope,” New York Times (Sept. 9, 1968), p. 47.
Audrey B. Davis, “Rudolph Schindler’s Role in the Development of Gastroscopy,” Bulletin of the History of Medicine 46 (1972): 150-170.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Olav A. Blomquist, M.D.
Date made
1929
ID Number
MG.315417.01
catalog number
315417.01
accession number
315417
Object Name
Wolf-Schindler Flexible Gastroscop
gastroscope
Physical Description
rubber (body material)
metal (tip material)
wood, oak (box material)
Measurements
gastroscope: 67 cm x 3.75 cm; 26 3/8 in x 1 1/2 in
case for gastroscope: 82 cm x 10 cm x 6.5 cm; 32 9/32 in x 3 15/16 in x 2 9/16 in
place made
Germany: Berlin, Berlin
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
associated subject
Endoscopy
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1004581