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2 sty 2022 · After Albert Einstein died of an abdominal aortic aneurysm at 76 in April 1955, the doctor performing his autopsy stole his brain — and gave parts away for research. Discover the final hours of the famed mathematician’s life and how his brain ended up in a beer cooler.
23 sty 2024 · On April 17, 1955, Einstein experienced internal bleeding caused by the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Despite being rushed to the hospital, the medical team was unable to save him, and he passed away at the age of 76.
27 sie 2015 · What Nissen discovered was a large aortic aneurysm—a widened, weakened stretch of the body’s largest artery. For years, the brilliant physicist was plagued with abdominal pain. At times it was so severe it would cause him to vomit.
Theoretical physicist Albert Einstein underwent an operation for an abdominal aortic aneurysm in 1949 that was performed by Rudolph Nissen, who wrapped the aorta with polyethene cellophane. Einstein's aneurysm ruptured on April 13, 1955.
Abstract. The interesting case of Albert Einstein's abdominal aortic aneurysm is presented. He was operated on at age 69 and, finding that the large aneurysm could not be removed, the surgeon elected to wrap it with cellophane to prevent its growth.
19 lis 2015 · Albert Einstein's biographers have not explained why he developed the abdominal aortic aneurysm that led to his death. Early conjectures proposed that it was caused by syphilis, without accurate evidence. The present article gives evidence to the contrary, and argues that the principal cause of Einstein’s death was smoking.
