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438. From Mirrors to Incandescent Bulbs: The 19th- Century Leap

An episode of the Surgery 101 podcast, hosted by Sunpreet Cheema, titled "438. From Mirrors to Incandescent Bulbs: The 19th- Century Leap" was published on January 7, 2026 and runs 10 minutes.

January 7, 2026 ·10m · Surgery 101

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By the mid-19th century, improvements in illumination and optics transformed endoscopy from a theoretical idea into a practical clinical tool, culminating in Antoine Jean Desormeaux's work in Paris in 1853. Building on Bozzini's Lichtleiter and frustrated by diagnostic limits of palpation, Desormeaux replaced candlelight with a brighter, controllable source known as the gazogène.
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