How to Pronounce Ismar Isidor Boas
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Mar 28, 1858 Kcynia, Kuyavian Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland Died on 15 Mar 1938 (aged 79)
German gastroenterologist
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About Ismar Isidor Boas
- Ismar Isidor Boas (28 March 1858 – 15 March 1938) was a German gastroenterologist born in the town of Exin. He studied medicine in Berlin, Halle and Leipzig, and subsequently became an assistant to Carl Anton Ewald (1845-1915) at the Augusta Hospital in Berlin.
- In 1886, he became a licensed specialist of gastro-intestinal diseases in Berlin. Boas was one of the leading authorities on gastroenterology in Europe.
- Alone, and with Professor Ewald, he made several contributions regarding the pathology and physiology of digestion.
- He described Lactobacillus acidophilus, a bacillus found in the gastric juice of individuals with stomach carcinoma.
- This bacterium is sometimes referred to as the "Boas-Oppler bacillus". In 1895 he founded the Archiv für Verdauungs-Krankheiten, the first medical journal dedicated to gastroenterological topics, and in 1913 established the German gastroenterological society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verdauungs- und Stoffwechselkrankheiten).
- He also has a handful of eponyms named in his honor, including: "Boas' algesimeter": an instrument used for determining the sensitiveness over the epigastrium. "Boas' point": a tender spot to the left of the twelfth thoracic vertebra in individuals with gastric ulcer.
