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Gustav Gärtner (September 28, 1855 - November 4, 1937) was an Austrian pathologist who was born in Pardubice, Bohemia. Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pathology (from Greek grc πάθος pathos, "fate harm" and grc -λογία -logia) is the study and Pardubice ( pronounced; Pardubitz is the capital City of the Pardubice Region, Czech Republic, lying on the river Elbe, 104 km east Bohemia (Čechy; Bohemia Czechy is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands, currently the In 1879 he earned his doctorate at the University of Vienna. The University of Vienna (Universität Wien is a Public university located in Vienna, Austria. Afterwards, he remained in Vienna as an assistant to Salomon Stricker (1834-1898), later as a professor. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. Salomon Stricker ( January 1, 1834 – April 2, 1898) was an Austrian Pathologist and Histologist who was born in Waag-Neustadtl In 1918 he became a "full professor" at the University of Vienna.

Gärtner is remembered for his work in experimental pathology, including the study of kidney functions, experiments concerning electrical skin resistance and his work with innervation of cerebral vessels. The kidneys are complicated organs that have numerous biological roles A nerve is an enclosed cable-like bundle of peripheral Axons (the long slender projections of Neurons. He also assisted Carl Koller (1857-1944) with experiments concerning the use of cocaine as an anaesthetic in eye surgery. Karl Koller (born December 3 1857 in Schüttenhofen, Bohemia (now Susice, Czech Republic) died March 21 1944 in New York New York Cocaine ( benzoylmethyl ecgonine) is a Crystalline Tropane Alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the Coca plant Anesthesia, or anaesthesia (see spelling differences; from Greek grc αν- an-, "without" and grc αἲσθησις Eye surgery, also known as orogolomistician surgery or ocular surgery, is Surgery performed on the Eye or its Adnexa, typically by

Gärtner is credited with the creation of numerous medical devices and apparati, the best-known invention being a tonometer which contained an inflatable finger cuff for measurement of blood pressure. In music a tonometer is an instrument used to determine the pitch or vibration rate of tones such as a Tuning fork. Blood pressure is also the title of a short story by Damon Runyan in Guys and Dolls and Other Stories He also did extensive work in the study of nutrition, mainly in the field of dietetics. Nutrition (also called nourishment or aliment) is the provision to cells and Organisms of the materials necessary (in the form of food to support He developed the eryostat, an electric machine to support adipositas therapy. The principles of the Gaertner diet were propagated in his book Diätetische Entfettungskuren.

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