Edgar Goldschmid (born 14 December 1881 in Frankfurt, died 26 May 1957 in Lausanne) was a German physician, pathologist and historian of medicine.

Career and work

Born to a Jewish family, he was a son of the banker and art collector Eduard Goldschmid, and attended the Lessing-Gymnasium in Frankfurt. He studied medicine at the University of Freiburg, the University of Kiel and LMU, where he was influenced notably by Otto von Bollinger. In Munich he earned his doctorate in 1905 with a dissertation on tuberculosis in children. He worked at hospitals in Munich, London, Berlin and Geneva, before returning to his native Frankfurt. From 1913 he worked at the

Senckenberg Institute of Pathology The Senckenberg Institute of Pathology (german: Dr. Senckenbergisches Institut für Pathologie or ''Senckenbergisches Pathologisches Institut''), formerly known as the Institute of Anatomical Pathology of the Senckenberg Foundation, is a pathologi ...

and was a close collaborator of the institute's director

Bernhard Fischer-Wasels Bernhard Fischer-Wasels (25 January 1877, in Atsch near Stolberg (Rhineland) – 23 December 1941, in Frankfurt), known as Bernhard Fischer until 1926, was a German physician and anatomical pathologist, who served as Director of the Senckenberg In ...

. He was an adjunct professor (''Privatdozent'') at the

Goethe University Frankfurt Goethe University (german: link=no, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main) is a university located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was founded in 1914 as a citizens' university, which means it was founded and funded by the wealt ...

from 1914 and associate professor of pathology from 1920. From 1920, he was a contributor to ''Handbuch der normalen und pathologischen Physiologie''. His most important work is ''Geschichte und Bibliographie der pathologischen-anatomischen Abbildung'', which was published in Leipzig in 1925. As a result of the Nazi takeover, Goldschmid emigrated to Switzerland and was Professor of history of medicine at the University of Lausanne from 1933. He had an extensive library and his house in Lausanne was decorated with paintings and art objects from his father's collection.Edgar Goldschmid, M.D.
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'', 22 June 1957, p. 1478

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goldschmid, Edgar 1881 births 1957 deaths Academic staff of Goethe University Frankfurt German medical historians German pathologists Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni Scientists from Frankfurt University of Freiburg alumni University of Kiel alumni