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Friedrich Voelcker

Worked at Heidelberg; with von Lichtenberg introduced retrograde pyelography in 1906

Dates: 1872-1955 (source: Wikipedia (de): Friedrich Voelcker )
Chapters: VIII. Light

What the film says

Not named in the film: one of the 'surgeons' who in 1906 filled the kidney with a silver solution and photographed it.

Watch 45:23 in the film VIII. Light

On the timeline

1903: Voelcker and Eugen Joseph introduce indigo carmine for the functional display of ureter and kidney. timeline
1906: At Heidelberg, Voelcker and von Lichtenberg introduce retrograde pyelography with Collargol. timeline

Sources

Sources

Wikipedia (de): Friedrich Voelcker Secondary
Moll F, Friedrich Voelcker, Alexander v. Lichtenberg: Pyelographie, Aktuelle Urologie 1995;26:70-74, doi:10.1055/s-2008-1057777 Secondary