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It is not uncommon for inventions to have been created for certain applications and then later employed for different purposes. Pneumoperitoneum is a case in point.

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Berci, G. (1998). History of Pneumoperitoneum. In: Rosenthal, R.J., Friedman, R.L., Phillips, E.H. (eds) The Pathophysiology of Pneumoperitoneum. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60290-0_1

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