3 + 1,50 Francs 1953 - Carlo Forlanini


3 + 1,50 Francs 1953 - Carlo Forlanini
Added by Bart Perdieus
General Description : Carlo Forlanini (June 11, 1847, Milan, Lombardy – May 26, 1918) was an Italian physician.

Carlo Forlanini was a specialist in tuberculosis and respiratory disorders. He realized that the difficulty in curing pulmonary tuberculosis was due to the lungs being in a constant state of expansion and reduction. However, when this action is removed, the "static lung" would be similar to other visceral organs, and from that moment a healing process could take place. In the 1880s he devised an artificial pneumothorax for therapeutic treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. This apparatus brought air into the lung by way of a Saugmann pneumothorax needle, with a water manometer connected to the device to allow for measurement of pleural pressure and air volume.
Face value 3 + 1,50 Francs
Catalog code (Michel) BE 984
Catalog code Stamp Number BE B552 Yvert et Tellier BE 935 Stanley Gibbons BE 1512 AFA number BE 1001 Belgium BE 935 Unificato BE 935
Stamp colour brownish red
Stamp use Semi Postal stamp
Print run 115.330
Issue date 15/12/1953
Print technique recess
Perforation 11 1/2
Height 39.00 mm
Width 28.00 mm
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