Antoni Stanisław Jurasz (November 24, 1847 - July 12, 1923) was a Polish laryngologist who was a native of Spławie (Posen

Poznan

Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

). He was the father of surgeon

Surgeon

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 Antoni Tomasz Jurasz (1882-1961).

He studied medicine at the Universities of Greifswald and Würzburg

University of Würzburg

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, and in 1872 became a clinical assistant at Heidelberg

Heidelberg

-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...

. Here he worked with pediatric illnesses, and diseases of the pharynx

Pharynx

The human pharynx is the part of the throat situated immediately posterior to the mouth and nasal cavity, and anterior to the esophagus and larynx. The human pharynx is conventionally divided into three sections: the nasopharynx , the oropharynx , and the laryngopharynx...

, nose and throat. In 1881 Jurasz was appointed associate professor at the University.

In 1908 he relocated as a full professor to the University of Lviv, where he was also director of the otolaryngology

Otolaryngology

Otolaryngology or ENT is the branch of medicine and surgery that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of ear, nose, throat, and head and neck disorders....

 clinic. In 1920 he moved to the recently-founded University of Poznań.

Jurasz is remembered for his pioneer work in rhinoscopy

Endoscopy

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, and is credited with the construction and modification of a number of medical instruments used in the field of rhinolaryngology

Rhinology

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, including a specialized tool known as a nasopharynx

Nasopharynx

The nasopharynx is the uppermost part of the pharynx. It extends from the base of the skull to the upper surface of the soft palate; it differs from the oral and laryngeal parts of the pharynx in that its cavity always remains patent .-Lateral:On its lateral wall is the pharyngeal ostium of the...

 forceps

Forceps

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Selected publications

• Das systolische Hirngeräusch der Kinder, 1877
• Über die Sensibilitätsneurosen des Rachens und des Kehlkopfes (Concerning Nerve Sensitivity of the Pharynx and Larynx)
• Über die Sondirung der Stirnbeinhöhle, 1887
• Die Krankheiten der oberen Luftwege (Diseases of the Upper Airways)
• Handbuch der Laryngologie und Rhinologie (Textbook of Laryngology and Rhinology), 1898