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Fritz Falk’s Thesis?
Is this Fritz Falk’s thesis?  The Basel University files contain the following note:

Fritz Falk, Dr. med., aus Berlin: Ueber einen Fall von Netzechinococcus mit Magencarcinom. Berlin, L. Borchardt’s Buchdruck 1896, 28 p.,Wuerzburg Med. Fak. Inaug. Diss. von 1896.“

Wuerzburg is a university in northern Bavaria
‘Ueber einen Fall von’ means ‘About a case of’ and ”Echinococcus“ is a tape-worm. ”Magencarcinom“ is a stomach cancer. The title seems to be shortened. Fritz would have then been in his early twenties.  

[Thanks to Expat 31 May 2006]