History of Medicine

Contributions of Jewish Surgeons in the United States

Seymour I. Schwartz

Abstract

The contributions of Jewish American surgeons in the nineteenth and early twentieth century at a time in which prejudice against ethnic and religious minorities was commonplace in the United States are detailed. The contributions of Jewish American surgeons and the positions they attained subsequent to a change in attitude toward religious minorities in the United States are presented as a comparison.

Rambam Maimonides Med J 2011;2(1):e0020