Harry J. Haiselden
Harry J. Haiselden | |
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| Born | Harry John Haiselden March 16, 1870 |
| Died | June 18, 1919 (aged 49) Havana, Cuba |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois College of Medicine |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Known for | Eugenics |
Harry John Haiselden (March 16, 1870 – June 18, 1919) was an American physician and the Chief Surgeon at the German-American Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Haiselden gained notoriety in 1915, when he refused to perform needed surgery for children born with severe birth defects and allowed the babies to die, in an act of eugenics. The film The Black Stork was made by him, about him, and starred him.