Joaquín Albarrán
Born in Cuba; pupil and successor of Guyon at the Hôpital Necker, Paris (chair 1906); first in France to catheterise the ureter
- Dates
- 1860-1912 (source: Wikipedia (fr): Joaquín Albarrán )
- Chapters
- VIII. Light
What the film says
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Fitted a small hinged lever at the cystoscope tip, around 1897, to steer a catheter into a ureter.
On the timeline
- 1888: Albarrán, with Hallé, describes the colon bacillus. timeline
- c. 1897: Albarrán's deflecting lever lets a ureteral catheter be steered into the ureteric orifice from the cystoscope. probable timeline
- 1906: Albarrán succeeds Guyon in the chair at the Hôpital Necker. timeline
- 1912: Albarrán is nominated for the Nobel Prize. timeline
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia (fr): Joaquín Albarrán Secondary