Researching Rudolph Nissen
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 27 people with the Nissen surname? In that year Nissen was ranked number 3552 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Rudolph means "Famous Wolf" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Rudolph Nissen on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Rudolph Nissen and the Nissen Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Nissen surname in the USA? Nissen is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
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Rudolph Nissen
Rudolph Nissen (sometimes spelled Rudolf Nissen) (September 5, 1896 – January 22, 1981) was a surgeon who chaired surgery departments in Turkey, the United States and Switzerland. The Nissen fundoplication, a surgical procedure for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, is named after him.
Nissen trained under German physicians Ludwig Aschoff and Ferdinand Sauerbruch. He completed the first pneumonectomy by a Western physician in 1931. In 1948, he performed an abdominal surgery that extended the life of Albert Einstein by several years. Nissen wrote an autobiography published at Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt in 1969 called “Helle Blätter, dunkle Blätter. Erinnerungen eines Chirurgen.“ which was reviewed in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. A selection of his writings and lectures was published at Schattauer in 1997 under the title of “Fünfzig Jahre erlebter Chirurgie: Ausgewählte Vorträge und Schriften.“ .
Source: Rudolph Nissen, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Nissen
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