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 Bart Perdieus
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| 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 |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
