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Detailed explanation-1: -Henry Judah Heimlich (February 3, 1920 – December 17, 2016) was an American thoracic surgeon and medical researcher. He is widely credited as the inventor of the Heimlich maneuver, a technique of abdominal thrusts for stopping choking, first described in 1974.

Detailed explanation-2: -Henry Heimlich, The Man Behind The Life-Saving Maneuver, Dies : The Two-Way He’s credited with saving thousands from choking, thanks to the method he popularized in 1974. Now comes word that Heimlich has died at age 96.

Detailed explanation-3: -All said and done, choking is often deadly. It is a fact that the Heimlich Maneuver has saved the lives of over 50, 000 people already and continues to do so.

Detailed explanation-4: -1974. The Heimlich Maneuver is developed to save choking victims. Until that time, people did not recognize the signs of choking. They thought victims were having a heart attack, known as a “Café Coronary".

Detailed explanation-5: -Henry Heimlich invented the Heimlich maneuver in 1974. Dr. Heimlich discovered the remaining air in a person’s lungs could be used to free (dislodge) a foreign object from their esophagus using quick, upward thrusts under their ribcage. At first, the Heimlich maneuver didn’t catch on with the medical community.