{"id":1561,"date":"2025-12-01T09:33:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T09:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victorfhess.org\/?p=1561"},"modified":"2025-12-01T09:41:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T09:41:03","slug":"29-12-1932","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victorfhess.org\/en\/29-12-1932\/","title":{"rendered":"29.12.1932"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Title<\/strong><\/td>Letter from Victor Franz Hess to Stefan Meyer<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Original<\/strong><\/td>\u00a9 Fordham University, New York City, NY USA<\/td><\/tr>
Editing<\/strong><\/td>\u00a9Victor-Franz-Hess-Gesellschaft P\u00f6llau<\/td><\/tr>
Content<\/strong><\/td>Hess describes the radium burn he suffered on his thumb and that his doctor, Dr Leo Kumer, advised him to have a transplant. Hess writes that he went to Dr Breitner, who, after reviewing the test results, advised him to have his thumb amputated. Hess enclosed a sketch of his thumb.
Finally, he asks Meyer for advice on whether he should have his thumb amputated or to consult another specialist in Vienna.<\/td><\/tr>
Notes<\/strong><\/td>– Atropic: describes the shrinking of tissue or an organ, accompanied by a reduction in function
– Palidol-Salbe: not clear<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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