biography
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Heimlich, Henry (Jay)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1920– )
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| biography:
| Physician, born in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. While a New York City thoracic surgeon (1950–69), he developed a procedure to reconstruct the oesophagus, followed by the Heimlich valve to help chest drainage. Moving to Cincinnati, OH, he devised the anti-choking Heimlich manoeuvre (1974) and wrote Dr Heimlich's Home Guide to Emergency Medical Situations (1981). |
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