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  Basil I - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Basil I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
His reign saw a continuing offensive against the forces of Islam in both the west and the east of the empire.
He also began to revise and codify the body of laws first compiled by Justinian I. Basil's resistance to Islamic encroachment on the western empire was helped by an alliance with the Roman pope.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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 Basil Flint, P.I. - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Basil Flint, P.I.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Running from December 2 2001 to February 17 2005, it detailed the adventures and cases of Basil Flint and his two companions/assistants/roommates, Amanda and Andie.
Later in the strip we learned that the reason Basil was always drinking was because his wife/investigation partner was killed and he crawled into the bottle for solace.
This was followed by a storyline where Basil is stone cold sober and we see a shadow of the detective he USED to be before he became an alcoholic.
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 Basil Harwood - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Basil Harwood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Basil Harwood - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Basil Harwood.
Basil Harwood (11 April 1859–3 April 1949) was an English organist and composer.
He was born in Woodhouse, Gloucestershire and educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Oxford.
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 Hirschowitz fiberoptic endoscope, 1960, Dittrick Medical History Center - Case Western Reserve University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Fiberoptic endoscopy entered the realm of practicality in February 1957 when Basil Hirschowitz passed the first prototype instrument down his own throat and, a few days later, down that of a patient.
Hirschowitz began work on the "fiberscope" in 1954 when he was on a fellowship with Marvin Pollard at the University of Michigan.
Basil Hirschowitz examining a patient with the fiberscope, 1961.
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 Basil II - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Basil II
He completed the work of his predecessors Nicephorus (II) Phocas and John Zimisces and expanded the borders of the Byzantine Empire to their greatest extent since the 5th century.
Basil's decisive defeat of the Bulgarians in 1014 earned him the title ‘Bulgar-Slayer’.
After the battle he blinded almost all 15,000 of the defeated, leaving only a few men with one eye to lead their fellows home.
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 Basil Hirschowitz - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Basil Hirschowitz is an academic Gastroenterologist best known in the field for having invented an improved optical glass fiber which allowed the creation of a useful flexible endoscope.
This invention revolutionized the practice of Gastroenterology and also was a key invention in optical fiber communication in multiple industries.
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Basil Hirschowitz contains research on
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 Endoscopy article - Endoscopy medical esophagus stomach duodenum esophagogastroduodenoscopy - What-Means.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Its diagnostic use in gynaecology is dated from the 1940s and Raoul Palmer, who placed his patients in the Trendelenburg position so air could inflate the pelvic area.
For diagnostic endoscopy Basil Hirshowitz invented a superior glass fiber for flexible endoscopes.
The technology resulted in not only the first useful medical endoscope, but the invention revolutionized other endoscopic uses and led to practical fiberoptics.
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 Basil Hirshowitz - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Basil Hirshowitz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Basil Hirshowitz - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Basil Hirshowitz.
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 Olympus History  History of Endoscopes : Birth of Fiberscopes
The developers of endoscopes were among the first ones to turn to glassfiber.
Basil Hirshowitz and his associates, for instance, used glassfiber in their endoscopes to take advantage of the glassfiber's characteristic of transmitting light from one end to the other even when it is bent.
Their endoscopes allowed direct observation of the interior of a stomach.
www.olympus.co.jp /en/corc/history/endo/fiber.cfm?ote=1   (295 words)

  
 Medicine and Health Rhode Island: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON UPPER ENDOSCOPY AT RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL
Upon Dr. Thayer's arrival, the Rhode Island Hospital purchased an Eder-Hufford gastroscope, a "flexible" esophagoscope, and subsequently the Hirshowitz gastroscope.
Esophageal biopsies could be obtained with forceps, which were advanced through the instrument.
Gastroenterology was fundamentally changed with development of the Hirshowitz fiberoptic gastroscope, made commercially available in 1961.
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 Peptic Ulcer Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Carbenoxolone sodium: original papers and discussion of a Group Meeting, convener Thomas Hunt, at the 4th World Congress of Gastroenterology, Copenhagen, July 14th, 1970
Basil I. and Spenney, Jerry G. Hirschowitz;Hardcover; Buy New: $40.00
Carbenoxolone in gastroenterology: symposium organized under the auspices of the British Medical Exhibition in Tokyo and the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology, March 4th, 1972
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 Women's World E-zine Vol 1 Issue 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Group Exhibition Featuring Elaine Hirshowitz, Jan Cizek and Barbara Shaw, with works on paper including etchings, monotypes, mixed media and drawings.
Motown Gold is the hottest South African show produced this year.
With eight sensational local vocalists and narrated by the mellow tones of the voice himself, Basil Appollis, Motown Gold is a celebration of the music of all the immortal greats from the unforgettable Supremes all the way through to the contemporary sounds of Lionel Ritchie and Boyz II Men.
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 Pricenoia.com - Basil I. Hirshowitz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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Authors: Robert C. Kurtz; Marvin M. Schuster; Sidney F. Phillips; David B. Sachar; Guido N.J. Tytgat; Basil I. Hirshowitz; Sidney J. Winawer
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 David B. Sachar Books at Shop Ireland
by: Robert C. Kurtz, Marvin M. Schuster, Sidney F. Phillips, David B. Sachar, Guido N.J. Tytgat, Basil I. Hirshowitz, Sidney J. Winawer
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