title: Ludwig Edelstein (1902-1965): a German historian of medicine in North American exile and the emergence of the modern Hippocratic Oath.
abstract: Already emerging as an original thinker in the field of classical philology and history of medicine, German scholar Ludwig Edelstein became one of many scholars who lost his academic position when the National Socialists came to power in early 1933. This paper details his life before and after his difficult transition from Europe to North America, while reviewing the lasting significance of his translation and commentary on the Hippocratic Oath.
authors.affiliation: Central European University, Budapest, Hungary and University of Calgary, AB, Canada.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pow
authors.affiliation: Central European University, Budapest, Hungary and University of Calgary, AB, Canada fwstahni@ucalgary.ca.
authors.forename: Frank W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Stahnisch
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D006625:Hippocratic Oath; D006663:Historiography; D049673:History, 20th Century; D014177:Translations; D014481:United States
keywords: German Historian; Hippocratic Oath; Ludwig Edelstein; Medicine