Hirschsprung's Disease and Allied Disorders
The fourth edition of this leading book provides an authoritative, comprehensive and complete account of the neuronal disorders of the lower gastrointestinal tract in children. The book has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect major advances tha
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Hirschsprung’s Disease and Allied Disorders Foreword by Alexander Holschneider
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Hirschsprung’s Disease and Allied Disorders
Prem Puri Editor
Hirschsprung’s Disease and Allied Disorders Fourth Edition
Editor Prem Puri National Children’s Research Centre Our Lady’s Childrens Hospital, University College Dublin Dublin Ireland
Originally published by Hippokrates Verlag GmbH, Thieme-Stratton Inc., New York, 1982 ISBN 978-3-030-15646-6 ISBN 978-3-030-15647-3 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15647-3 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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Foreword
Harald Hirschsprung (1830–1916) was born in Copenhagen in 1830. His father was a tobacco merchant and founder of the tobacco factory A. M. Hirschsprung & Sønner. He was the younger son and was expected to take over the family business, but he refused. However, the father gave in to his son’s wish which was to become a physician. He was attracted to gastroenterology, and his doctoral thesis was on the topic of atresia of the oesophagus and small bowel. His interest in rare paediatric surgical conditions, especially of the gut, continued throughout his life and produced a steady stream of publications in this field. In 1870, he became the first paediatrician in Denmark. In 1886, at the Congress of the Gesellschaft für Kinderheilkunde in Berlin, he gave a lecture titled “Stuhlträgheit Neugeborener in Folge von Dilatation und Hypertrophie des Colons” (Bowel Inertia following Dilatation and Hypertrophy of the Colon). In this lecture, which was published the following year, he described the problem of two infants who
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