Carl Otto von Eicken
Carl Otto von Eicken (31 December 1873, Mülheim an der Ruhr – 29 June 1960, Heilbronn) was a German otorhinolaryngologist.
Biography[edit]
He studied medicine at the universities of Kiel, Geneva, Munich, Berlin, and Heidelberg, where he served as an assistant to surgeon Vincenz Czerny. He received his habilitation for laryngo-rhinology (1903) and otology (1909) at the University of Freiburg,[1] and in 1911 became a full professor at the University of Giessen, where subsequently, he was named head of the newly constructed ear, nose, and throat clinic. In 1920/21 he served as university rector. In 1922 he succeeded Gustav Killian (a former teacher) at the University of Berlin, where he maintained a professorship up until 1950.[2][3]
In May 1935 and November 1944, he removed a polyp from the left vocal cord of Adolf Hitler.[4][5][6][7]
He is largely known for developing methods of examination for the throat and pharynx. The eponymous "Eicken's method" is facilitation of hypopharyngoscopy by means of forward traction on the cricoid cartilage by a laryngeal probe.[8] He was the author of over 100 medical works — with Alfred Schulz van Treeck, he published an atlas on ear, nose and throat diseases, titled Atlas der Hals-, Nasen-, Ohren-Krankheiten (1940).[2][9]
References[edit]
- ^ Karl Otto von Eicken at Who Named It
- ^ a b Carl Otto von Eicken, Vertreter der Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde in Giessen von 1910-1922
- ^ Brann - Einslin / edited by Rudolf Vierhaus Deutsche Biographie Enzyklopaedie
- ^ Kershaw, Ian (2008). karl von Eicken, who had removed; from google (hitler polyp 1935) result 1. ISBN 9780393067576.
- ^ "Prof Dr von Eicken operated on Hitler in 1935 and again in 1944 to remove polyp from the left vocal cord; from google (hitler polyp 1935 1936) page 2 last result" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
- ^ Fuchs, Thomas (February 2000). may 1935, a polyp was discovered and removed; from google (hitler polyp 1935) result 6. ISBN 9781101127377.
- ^ Fuchs, Thomas (February 2000). it came back in november 1944; from google (hitler november 1944 polyp) result 2; from 'november' in www.spiegel.de/international/germany/medicating-a-madman-a-sober-look-at-hitler-s-health-a-675991.html from google (hitler polyp) result 1. ISBN 9781101127377.
- ^ Stedman's Medical Eponyms by Thomas Lathrop Stedman
- ^ Atlas der Hals-, Nasen, Ohren-Krankheiten ZVAB.com
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