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apr 19, 1888 - Hirschsprung disease

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It was first described by the Danish paediatrician Harald Hirschsprung (1830-1916)
aganglionosis (absence of ganglion cells) in the distal colon and rectum.

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apr 19, 1888
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~ 138 years ago