SACHS, BERNARD

SACHS, BERNARD
SACHS, BERNARD (1858–1944), U.S. neurologist. Sachs, who was born in Baltimore, belonged to the sachs family of scholars. He studied medicine in Europe and, when he returned to the U.S., became professor of nervous and mental diseases at the New York Polyclinic and professor of clinical neurology at Columbia University. He was president of the First International Neurological Congress which was held in 1931. Sachs, a pioneer in the field of child neurology, is best known for his description of the Tay-Sachs disease in children – a progressive impairment of mental functions, muscles, and vision ending in blindness. He made various studies on nervous disorders in children and published several books on the subject, among them: A Treatise on the Nervous Diseases of Children (1895, 19052); The Normal (1925); and Puberty and Adolescence (1936). -BIBLIOGRAPHY: S.R. Kagan, Jewish Medicine (1952), 384. (Suessmann Muntner)

Encyclopedia Judaica. 1971.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Bernard Sachs — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Sachs. Bernard Sachs, vers 1900 Bernard Sachs (né le 2 janvier 1858 à Balti …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Bernard Sachs — (January 2, 1858 February 8, 1944) was an American neurologist. After graduating with a B.A. from Harvard in 1878, Sachs travelled to Europe and studied under some of the greatest physicians of the time, such as Adolf Kussmaul (1822 1902),… …   Wikipedia

  • Sachs — is a German surname meaning man from Saxony and may refer to:;Real people: * Albie Sachs (born 1935), a South African Constitutional Court Justice * Andrew Sachs (born 1930), a German British actor * Bernard Sachs (1858 1944), an American… …   Wikipedia

  • Bernard Alane — est un acteur et chanteur français, né Bernard Noël Vetel le 25 décembre 1948 à Paris 15e[1]. Fils de la comédienne Annick Alane et frère de la comédienne Valérie Alane, il a été pensionnaire de la Comédie Française de 1972 à 1973.… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • SACHS — SACHS, family of U.S. educators, physicians, and bankers. JOSEPH SACHS, who immigrated to the United States in 1848, was briefly a rabbi in Baltimore and Boston. His oldest son, julius sachs , was an educator and philologist. Another son, bernard …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Bernard Dhéran — Données clés Nom de naissance Bernard Poulain Naissance 17 juin 1926 (1926 06 17) (85 ans) Dieppe (Seine Maritime, France) Nationalité …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Bernard Lecoq — Bernard Le Coq Pour les articles homonymes, voir Le Coq. Bernard Le Coq Naissance 25 septembre 1950 (59 ans) Le Blanc (Indre) Nationalité(s) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Bernard Osher — (1927 present) is an American billionaire, best known for his work as an auctioneer and philanthropist.Life and careerA native of Biddleford, Maine, Osher studied at Bowdoin College, where he graduated in 1948. After having worked at Oppenheimer… …   Wikipedia

  • Bernard Larmande — est un acteur français. Filmographie 2006 Plus belle la vie 1999 Marius 1999 Ouriga 1999 La femme du boulanger 1999 Fanny 1999 Cesar 1998 Ça commence à bien faire 1996 : Les Alsaciens ou les Deux Mathilde de Michel Favart (feuilleton TV)… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Sachs — Bernard, U.S. neurologist, 1858–1944. See Tay S. disease. Hans, German bacteriologist, 1877–1945. See S. Georgi test. Maurice D., U.S. radiologist, *1909. See Hill S. lesion. Benjamin, U.S. physician, 1896–1939. See Libman S. endocarditis, Libman …   Medical dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”