[E = m x c2/4 men and an aneurysm].
As a contribution to International Physics Year (2005), we performed a historical study of Einstein's final years and the diseases that required surgical treatment. Because of the particular circumstances of the age, two of the most famous surgeons of the time, Rudolph Nissen and Frank Glenn, as well as the well-known radiologist, Gustav Bucky, came together with Albert Einstein over the abdominal aortic aneurysm that ended his life in April 1955. We discuss little known or hitherto unpublished data and anecdotes about the physicist's final surgical disease.
García Sabrido
José Luis
JL
Servicio de Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain. jlgsabrido@ciriii.hggm.es
Polo Melero
José Ramón
JR
D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000266:history / Q000601:surgery; D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D010825:Physics / Q000266:history*