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Courvoisier Collection
Ludwig Georg Courvoisier (10 November 1843 – 8 April 1918) was a surgeon from Basel, Switzerland.Vilardell, Francisco. ''Digestive Endoscopy in the Second Millennium'', Thieme, 2005, p. 239. He was one of the first doctors to remove gallstones from the common bile duct.Lee, H. S. J. ''Dates in Urology'', Informa Health Care, 2000, p. 42. In 1890, Courvoisier published the book ''Casuistisch-statistische Beiträge zur Pathologie und Chirurgie der Gallenwege'', a manual on biliary surgery in which he introduced the medical sign known as Courvoisier's law. Entomology Courvoisier was an entomologist most interested in the Lycaenidae. His entomological works include: *Courvoisier, L. G., 1910. Uebersicht über die um Basel gefundenen Lycaeniden. ''Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel'' 21: 153–164. *Courvoisier, L. G., 1910. Entdeckungsreisen und kritische Spaziergänge ins Gebiet der Lycaeniden. ''Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 23 (18): 92–94. *Courvoisier, L. G., 1912. Javanische Lycaeni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel, St. Gallen a.o.). , coordinates = , largest_city = Zürich , official_languages = , englishmotto = "One for all, all for one" , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , religion = , demonym = , german: Schweizer/Schweizerin, french: Suisse/Suissesse, it, svizzero/svizzera or , rm, Svizzer/Svizra , government_type = Federalism, Federal assembly-independent Directorial system, directorial republic with elements of a direct democracy , leader_title1 = Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council , leader_name1 = , leader_title2 = , leader_name2 = Walter Thurnherr , legislature = Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |