title: Contributions of jewish surgeons in the United States.
abstract: The contributions of Jewish American surgeons in the nineteenth and early twentieth century at a time in which prejudice against ethnic and religious minorities was commonplace in the United States are detailed. The contributions of Jewish American surgeons and the positions they attained subsequent to a change in attitude toward religious minorities in the United States are presented as a comparison.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, New York 14642, USA.
authors.forename: Seymour I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Schwartz
keywords: Jewish American surgeons; Surgery; history of surgery
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