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The Role of The Nestorians and Muslims in the History of Medicine

Charles A. Janeway Jr.

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Sponsored by Allen O. Whipple Surgical Society, the Iran Foundation, inc., American Schools of Oriental Research
Allen Oldfather Whipple was born in Iran to Wm Levi Whipple & Mary Louise Allen , then serving as missionaries in Azerbaijan, Persia . During the 14 years he spent in Persia, he learned to read & speak English, French, Armenian, Syriac , Turkish & Persian.
After working his way thru college, Whipple attended Princeton University until 1904, then went to the medical school at Columbia's College of Physicians & Surgeons. He received an MD in 1908, then spent three years in residency at the Roosevelt & Sloan Hospitals, NY. He commenced surgical practice in 1910. In 1911, he was appointed to the faculty at the Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons & the Presbyterian staff.
Apart from contributions to disorders of the pancreas, Whipple was an authority on literature & ancient cultures, especially interested in the Orient & medical history. During his student time at Princeton, he excelled tutoring classmates in Latin, & taking electives in Arabic. Towards the end of his life, he returned to the Middle east, this time as a medical historian.

Language: English

Pages: 127

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Release: May 06, 1967

The Role of The Nestorians and Muslims in the History of Medicine

Charles A. Janeway Jr.

3/5 ( ratings)

Sponsored by Allen O. Whipple Surgical Society, the Iran Foundation, inc., American Schools of Oriental Research
Allen Oldfather Whipple was born in Iran to Wm Levi Whipple & Mary Louise Allen , then serving as missionaries in Azerbaijan, Persia . During the 14 years he spent in Persia, he learned to read & speak English, French, Armenian, Syriac , Turkish & Persian.
After working his way thru college, Whipple attended Princeton University until 1904, then went to the medical school at Columbia's College of Physicians & Surgeons. He received an MD in 1908, then spent three years in residency at the Roosevelt & Sloan Hospitals, NY. He commenced surgical practice in 1910. In 1911, he was appointed to the faculty at the Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons & the Presbyterian staff.
Apart from contributions to disorders of the pancreas, Whipple was an authority on literature & ancient cultures, especially interested in the Orient & medical history. During his student time at Princeton, he excelled tutoring classmates in Latin, & taking electives in Arabic. Towards the end of his life, he returned to the Middle east, this time as a medical historian.

Language: English

Pages: 127

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Release: May 06, 1967

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