Herman Fleischer Høst (12 November 1883 – 4 September 1980) was a Norwegian physician.

Biography

He was born at Frederikshald (now Halden) in Østfold, Norway. He was the son of Jens Ludvig Høst (1814–1894) and Marie La Roche Fleischer (1853–1908). He graduated

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in 1903 from Kristiania Cathedral School. He graduated with the

cand.med. Candidate of Medicine ( la, candidatus medicinae (male), ''candidata medicinae'' (female), abbreviated cand. med.) is an academic degree awarded in Denmark, Iceland, and Norway following a six-year medical school education. Medical students in ...

degree in 1909 and took the

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degree in 1917 both from the University of Kristiania. He worked at Bergen sykehus (now Haukeland University Hospital) in Bergen from 1916 to 1919 and in Kristiania from 1919. From 1924 to 1951 he was a chief physician at Bærum sykehus (now Vestre Viken Hospital Trust), residing at

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and Stabekk. He is credited with introducing blood sugar tests in type 2 diabetes patients in Norway in 1916, the modern blood transfusion and

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tests in Norway in 1919, as well as insulin treatment of diabetes patients in Norway. From 1936 to 1954 he was also the chief physician in the National Insurance Administration. He was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav. He became blind at the age of 70. He lived to the age of 96 and was buried in Vår Frelsers gravlund. He was married to Gudrun Rasmussen (1888–1976). They were the parents of Dr

Herman Høst Herman Høst (17 April 1926 – 14 September 2023) was a Norwegian physician. Høst was born in Bærum as a son of physician Herman Fleischer Høst. He graduated with the cand.med. degree in 1951 and took the dr.med. Doctor Medicinae, also sp ...

and university professor Gerd Høst Heyerdahl (1915-2007).

References

1883 births 1980 deaths People from Halden People educated at Oslo Cathedral School University of Oslo alumni 20th-century Norwegian physicians Norwegian diabetologists Norwegian blind people Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour Physicians with disabilities {{Norway-academic-bio-stub