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František Chvostek

František Chvostek, Czech-Austrian physician and academic (died 1884)

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Born
May 21, 1835
Died
November 16, 1884
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1835

About František Chvostek

František Chvostek was a Czech-Austrian military physician and lecturer in internal medicine. He published articles on a wide variety of medical disorders but is most notable for having described Chvostek's sign which he described in 1876. Chvostek's only son, Franz Chvostek, wrote numerous papers about the sign and was among the first to associate it with hypoparathyroidism in an article published in 1907.

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František Chvostek timeline

  1. He published articles on a wide variety of medical disorders but is most notable for having described Chvostek's sign which he described in 1876.
  2. Chvostek's only son, Franz Chvostek, wrote numerous papers about the sign and was among the first to associate it with hypoparathyroidism in an article published in 1907.

The world when František Chvostek was born

František Chvostek was born in 1835. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

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  • Top headlineTexas Revolution begins — Battle of the Alamo
  • Technology milestoneSamuel Colt patents the revolver
  • World population~1.15B

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  • U.S. leaderAndrew Jackson
  • U.S. population15.0M

1835 versus 2026

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Population15.0M341 million

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