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Adam Politzer

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Adam Politzer · Science & Medicine

What

Otologist regarded as a founder of modern ear medicine.

When

1835, Albertirsa, Hungary — 1920, Vienna, Austria

Where

Hungary · Austria

Biography

Adam Politzer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Otologist regarded as a founder of modern ear medicine.

How & why

Adam Politzer was a Hungarian-Austrian physician regarded as a founder of modern otology, the medical study of the ear. Working in Vienna, he authored influential textbooks and atlases, described techniques still associated with his name and helped establish ear medicine as a discipline. He was born into a Jewish family in Hungary.

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Otologist regarded as a founder of modern ear medicine.

1835

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology