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Georg Karl Tänzler

(1877-1952) German-born American radiology technologist and erotomaniac · Germany · Doctors · Died at 75

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Georg Carl Tänzler, also known as Count Carl von Cosel, was a German-born American radiology technologist at the Marine-Hospital Service in Key West, Florida, United States. He developed an obsession with a young Cuban-American tuberculosis patient, Elena "Helen" Milagro de Hoyos, that carried on well after her death.

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Georg Carl Tänzler, also known as Count Carl von Cosel, was a German-born American radiology technologist at the Marine-Hospital Service in Key West, Florida, United States. He developed an obsession with a young Cuban-American tuberculosis patient, Elena "Helen" Milagro de Hoyos, that carried on well after her death. In 1933, almost two years after her death, Tanzler removed Hoyos' body from its tomb and lived with the corpse at his home for seven years until its discovery by Hoyos' relatives and authorities in 1940.

Country
Germany
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1877 to 1952 · aged 75

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