Henry E. Sigerist

Henry E. Sigerist
Sigerist in 1929
Born
Henry Ernest Sigerist

(1891-04-07)7 April 1891
Paris, France
Died17 March 1957(1957-03-17) (aged 65)
Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
EducationUniversity of Zurich (M.D., 1917)
OccupationMedical historian
EmployerJohns Hopkins University
Known forAdvocacy for universal health care; historical writings on medicine
Notable work
  • Socialized Medicine in the Soviet Union (1937)
* History of Medicine

Henry Ernest Sigerist (7 April 1891 – 17 March 1957) was a Swiss medical historian and proponent of universal health care.

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