Invention of the laryngoscope
The laryngoscope made the invisible visible. Manuel García discovered indirect laryngoscopy in 1854; Alfred Kirstein performed the first direct laryngoscopy in 1895. Chevalier Jackson invented the anaesthetic laryngoscope in 1913, and Sir Robert Macintosh introduced the curved blade in 1943. The laryngoscope transformed airway management, saving countless lives by enabling precise, reliable intubation.
