Ismar Isidor Boas
Ismar Isidor Boas (28 March 1858 – 15 March 1938) was a German
Boas was born in the family of a small merchant and among several siblings he was the only one who was educated. He went to a high school in
Boas was one of the leading authorities on
In 1895 he founded the Archiv für Verdauungs-Krankheiten, the first medical journal dedicated to gastroenterological topics, and in 1913 established the German gastroenterological society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verdauungs- und Stoffwechselkrankheiten). He set up a policlinic in the north of Berlin.[1] He also has a handful of eponyms named in his honor, including:
- "Boas' algesimeter": an instrument used for determining the sensitiveness over the epigastrium.
- "gastric ulcer.
Being a Jew, Boas lost his teaching position in the University of Berlin and left for Vienna in 1936. His wife escaped to Holland. When the Nazis entered Austria, he killed himself with an overdose of the sedative
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Other sources
- Harro Jenss, Guido Gerken, Markus M. Lerch (2013). 100 Jahre Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verdauungs- und Stoffwechselkrankheiten DGVS. August Dreesbach Verlag Munich. ISBN 978-3-944334-17-2 (Online).
- Ismar Isidor Boas @ Who Named It
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