Object Details
- Description
- Rudolph Schindler (1888-1968) was a German physician who invented a flexible gastroscope for viewing the interior of a stomach. In the 1930s, when the Nazis came to power, Dr. Schindler (whose father was Jewish) moved to the United States. The “Georg. Wolf, G.m.b.H. / . . . / BERLIN N.W.U.” inscription in the lid of the wooden case of this gastroscope refers to a medical instrument maker who worked with Schindler.
- Ref: "Dr. Rudolph Schindler Dead at 80; Physician Invented Gastroscope,” New York Times (Sept. 9, 1968), p. 47.
- Audrey B. Davis, “Rudolph Schindler’s Role in the Development of Gastroscopy,” Bulletin of the History of Medicine 46 (1972): 150-170.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- inventor
- Schindler, Rudolf
- maker
- Wolf, Georg
- date made
- ca 1929
- Credit Line
- Eder Instrument Co.
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- rubber (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 3/4 in x 32 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 9.525 cm x 81.915 cm x 10.795 cm
- Object Name
- gastroscope
- Endoscope
