Carl Otto von Eicken explained

Carl Otto von Eicken (31 December 1873, Mülheim an der Ruhr – 29 June 1960, Heilbronn) was a German otorhinolaryngologist.

Biography

He studied medicine at the universities of Kiel, Geneva, Munich, Berlin, and Heidelberg, where he served as an assistant to surgeon Vincenz Czerny. He received his habilitation for laryngo-rhinology (1903) and otology (1909) at the University of Freiburg,^[1] and in 1911 he became a full professor at the University of Giessen, where subsequently, he was named head of the newly constructed ear, nose, and throat clinic. In 1920-21 he served as university rector. In 1922, he succeeded Gustav Killian (a former teacher) at the University of Berlin, where he maintained a professorship up until 1950.^{[2] [3]}

In May 1935 and November 1944, he removed a polyp from the left vocal cord of Adolf Hitler.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} He is largely known for developing methods of examination for the throat and pharynx. The eponymous "Eicken's method" is the facilitation of hypopharyngoscopy by means of forward traction on the cricoid cartilage by a laryngeal probe.^[8] He was the author of over 100 medical works - with Alfred Schulz van Treeck, he published an atlas on ear, nose and throat diseases, titled Atlas der Hals-, Nasen-, Ohren-Krankheiten (1940).^{[2] [9]}

Notes and References

1. http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/1962.html Karl Otto von Eicken
2. http://geb.uni-giessen.de/geb/volltexte/2004/1606/ Carl Otto von Eicken, Vertreter der Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde in Giessen von 1910-1922
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=fB9-1XYo8PQC&dq=%22Eicken%2C+Karl%22+1873&pg=PA884 Brann - Einslin
4. Book: karl von Eicken, who had removed; from google (hitler polyp 1935) result 1. 9780393067576. Kershaw. Ian. 2008.
5. Web site: Prof Dr von Eicken operated on Hitler in 1935 and again in 1944 to remove polyp from the left vocal cord; from google (hitler polyp 1935 1936) page 2 last result. 2017-01-25. 2017-02-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20170217064337/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/HITLER,%20ADOLF%20%20MEDICAL%20ASSESSMENT%20(DI%20FILE)_0004.pdf. dead.
6. Book: may 1935, a polyp was discovered and removed; from google (hitler polyp 1935) result 6. 9781101127377. Fuchs. Thomas. February 2000.
7. Book: it came back in november 1944; from google (hitler november 1944 polyp) result 2; from 'november' in www.spiegel.de/international/germany/medicating-a-madman-a-sober-look-at-hitler-s-health-a-675991.html from google (hitler polyp) result 1. 9781101127377. Fuchs. Thomas. February 2000.
8. https://books.google.com/books?id=isqcnR6ryz0C&dq=%22Eicken%2C+Karl%22+1873&pg=PA211 Stedman's Medical Eponyms
9. https://www.zvab.com/Atlas-Hals--Nasen-Ohren-Krankheiten-Sammlung-typischer/15906763115/bd Atlas der Hals-, Nasen, Ohren-Krankheiten