Harry Houdini Harry Houdini Harry Houdini (; born Erik Weisz, later Ehrich Weiss or Harry Weiss; March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) was a Hungarian-born American illusionist and stunt performer, noted for his sensational escape acts. He first attracted notice in vaudeville in the US and then as "Harry Handcuff Houdini" on a tour of Europe, where he challenged police forces to keep him locked up. Soon he extended his repertoire to include chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, straitjackets under water, and having to escape from and hold his breath inside a sealed milk can with water in it. In 1904,
Jochen H.H. Ehrich the author of more than 250 papers in English and more than 200 in German. Jochen H.H. Ehrich Jochen H.H. Ehrich (born 5 January 1946) is a German pediatric doctor in the fields of nephrology and tropical medicine, professor emeritus and Former Head of the Department of Paediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases at the Children’s Hospital, Hannover Medical School, in Hannover, Germany. Jochen H.H. Ehrich was born in Braunschweig, Germany. He studied medicine from 1965 to 1971 at the Freie Universität Berlin and at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He performed in 1971 to 1972 a postgraduate study at