Timeline of gastroenterology
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Big picture
| Time period | Development summary |
|---|---|
| 1960s | Societies of endoscopy become widely established and provided, for persons in gastroenterology training, courses in the appropriate indications for endoscopic investigation and formal teaching of the techniques involved.[1] |
| 20th century | Since the 1970s, endoscopy starts becomming the incontrovertible tool of gastroenterology.[1] |
Full timeline
| Year | Event type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1806 | "The colonoscope and gastroscope both trace back to 1806, when Dr. Philipp Bozzini, of Mainz, Germany, first used a tin tube with a candle and mirror to view the bladder."[2] | ||
| 1941 | Organization | The American Gastroscopic Club is founded.[1] | United States |
| 1957 | "1957, Dr. Basil Hirschowitz developed the first fiberscope."[2] |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hunt, Richard H. "A brief history of endoscopy". doi:10.1016/S0016-5085(01)70141-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "History of Gastroenterology". resident360.nejm.org. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
