Journal of Medical Biography
Volume 24, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 527-537

Ludwig Edelstein (1902–1965): a German historian of medicine in North American exile and the emergence of the modern Hippocratic Oath (Article)

Pow S. , Stahnisch F.W.*
  • a Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, University of CalgaryAB, Canada
  • b Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, University of CalgaryAB, Canada

Abstract

Already emerging as an original thinker in the field of classical philology and history of medicine, German scholar Ludwig Edelstein became one of many scholars who lost his academic position when the National Socialists came to power in early 1933. This paper details his life before and after his difficult transition from Europe to North America, while reviewing the lasting significance of his translation and commentary on the Hippocratic Oath. © 2015, © The Author(s) 2015.

Author Keywords

German Historian Medicine Hippocratic Oath Ludwig Edelstein

Index Keywords

medical ethics Germany publication art history United States Historiography Translations Hippocratic Oath History, 20th Century
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DOI: 10.1177/0967772014565563
ISSN: 09677720
Original Language: English