Thoracoscopy before Jacobaeus.
In 1910 Jacobaeus described a procedure to which he referred as "Thorakoskopie." As a consequence, he is credited with having been the first to undertake an endoscopic exploration of the thorax. However, a published report by Gordon demonstrates that thoracoscopy was performed about 50 years earlier. Additionally in French, at least, the term "thoracoscopie" was well known long before Jacobaeus, although perhaps with a different meaning.
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Department of Surgery Charité, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Germany. hoksch@t-online.de
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Müller
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