Garcia, Manuel
Prof.Dr.med.h.c.

1805-1906

Spanish singing teacher from a famous dynasty of singers (Ècole de Garcia).
Watched his own larynx by means of two mirrors (Paris, 1854) and propagated a scientifically based method of teaching (apostrophized as “marotte scientifique”),
often credited as the father of indirect mirror laryngoscopy. “Traite complet de l’art du chant“ .
Troupenas et Cie, Paris 1847 ; „Observations on the human voice“. Proc. Royal Soc. 3 (1855) 399