Object Details
maker
Wolf, Georg
Description
Rudolph Schindler (1888-1968) was a German physician who invented a flexible gastroscope for viewing the interior of a stomach. In the 1930s, when the Nazis came to power, Dr. Schindler (whose father was Jewish) moved to the United States. This early instrument was found in the Department of Medicine at the University of Chicago, where Dr. Schindler worked for several years before moving on to Los Angeles. A ribbon in the case reads “SCHINDLER FLEXIBLE GASTROSCOPE / MANUFACTURED BY / METRO-TEC, CHICAGO, U.S.A.”
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
Gift of Dr. Joseph Kirsner, MD
date made
ca 1930?
ID Number
MG.M-13098
catalog number
M-13098
accession number
288765
Object Name
gastroscope
endoscope
Schindler-Type gastroscope
Measurements
overall: 3 1/4 in x 34 1/4 in x 7 in; 8.255 cm x 86.995 cm x 17.78 cm
place made
United States: Illinois, Chicago
Germany: Berlin, Berlin
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Jews
associated subject
Endoscopy
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1377644