Henry E. Sigerist
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Henry Ernest Sigerist (7 April 1891 – 17 March 1957) was a Swiss medical historian and proponent of universal health care.[1]
Career
After graduating with an M.D. at the
Obituaries and influence
Sigerist died in 1957, and his passing was mourned among many in the medical community, although his views on socialized medicine were often glossed over in obituaries in national newspapers. Although Sigerist's influence waned during the mid-20th century, he has slowly become an important figure again in medical history. In 1999 an article in Hopkins Medical News described his view that "the entire history of medicine was spiraling toward one inevitable end: socialized medicine", and said that "he invested all his enthusiasm on the wrong horse — the Soviet Union".[4]
An organization of medical historians have named themselves the Sigerist Circle, and books such as Making Medical History: The Life and Times of Henry E. Sigerist by Theodore M. Brown and Elizabeth Fee have begun to reintroduce Sigerist's legacy to the world.[5]
References
- ^ a b Henry Ernest Sigerist. Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ "Henry Ernest Sigerist". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Worthington, Janet (Winter 1999). "Flawed Apostle". Hopkins medical News. Archived from the original on 6 August 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
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External links
- Henry Ernest Sigerist papers (MS 788). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.