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Johannes "Jan" Fredericus Samuel Esser (13 October 1877 in 
He was a one time Dutch Chess Champion, winning the Dutch Championship in a play-off match for the title against Rudolf Loman in 1913.
"The Story of Dr. Charles Stent" by Malvin E. Ring, DDS, MLS, FACD
accessed 27 January 2015 * 1877 births 1946 deaths Dutch Jews Dutch plastic surgeons Dutch chess players Jewish chess players People from Leiden {{Netherlands-med-bio-stub
Johannes "Jan" Fredericus Samuel Esser (13 October 1877 in Leiden
Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration wi ...
– 9 August 1946 in Chicago
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) was a Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
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plastic surgeon
Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involving the restoration, reconstruction or alteration of the human body. It can be divided into two main categories: reconstructive surgery and cosmetic surgery. Reconstructive surgery includes craniof ...
who pioneered innovative methods of reconstructive surgery on soldiers wounded in the First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
. He is thought to have coined the term "stent
In medicine, a stent is a metal or plastic tube inserted into the lumen of an anatomic vessel or duct to keep the passageway open, and stenting is the placement of a stent. A wide variety of stents are used for different purposes, from expandab ...
" in 1917 to describe his use of a dental impression compound invented in 1856 by the English dentist Charles Stent (1807–1885) to create a form for facial reconstruction. The term "stent" was later extended to mean a device to expand constricted tubes of body tissue.
He was a one time Dutch Chess Champion, winning the Dutch Championship in a play-off match for the title against Rudolf Loman in 1913.
Further reading
*''The New York Times
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'', August 10, 1946, p. 13 c. 2
External links
"The Story of Dr. Charles Stent" by Malvin E. Ring, DDS, MLS, FACD
accessed 27 January 2015 * 1877 births 1946 deaths Dutch Jews Dutch plastic surgeons Dutch chess players Jewish chess players People from Leiden {{Netherlands-med-bio-stub