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Frederick Julius Gaenslen
American surgeon, 1877-1937.
Associated eponyms:
Gaenslen's manipulation
Simple diagnostic manipulation for diagnosing primary-chronic inflammation of the metacarpophalangeal joint in lacking of exteriorly recognisable symptoms.
Gaenslen's sign
When the hip is hyperextended and the pelvis fixed by flexion of opposite hip, pain occurs on the affected side in lumbosacral disease.
Biography:
Frederick Julius Gaenslen was chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics at the Marquette University Medical School, Milwaukee. On of his pupils was Walter Putnam Blount (1900-1992).
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