Karl Stoerk
Karl Stoerk (German: Störk, 17 September 1832 – 13 September 1899) was an Austrian
Ofen
.
He studied medicine at the Universities of
Prague and Vienna, and received his doctorate in 1858. Afterwards he was an assistant to Ludwig Türck (1810–1868) in Vienna
, where he practiced medicine for the remainder of his career. In 1891 Stoerk was appointed head of the laryngological clinic.
Along with
laryngoscope. He also devised several medical instruments, including an early esophagoscope that was modification of the "Waldenburg esophagoscope". Stoerk's endoscopic
device consisted of three telescopic tubes with a bendable mechanism.
Eponymy
"Stoerk's
pharynx, and larynx.[1]
Selected writings
- Laryngoscopische Mittheilungen, Vienna, (1863) - Laryngoscopic communications.
- Laryngoscopische Operationen, ib. 1870 (second edition in 1872) - Laryngoscopic operations.
- Beiträge zur Heilung des Parenchym und Cystenkropfes, goiters.
- Mittheilungen über Asthma Bronchiale und die Mechanische Lungenbehandlung, bronchial asthma, etc.
- Klinik der Krankheiten des Kehlkopfes, der Nase und des Rachens, ib. 1876-80 - Clinic of diseases of the larynx, nose and throat.
- Sprechen und Singen, Vienna, (1881) - Speaking and singing
- Die Erkrankungen der Nase, des Rachens und des Kehlkopfes, ib. 1895-97 - Diseases of the nose, pharynx and larynx.
References
- [2] Diseases of the Throat and Nose, Including the Pharynx, Larynx, Trachea by Morell Mackenzie, et al.
- [3] biography @ Jewish Encyclopedia
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