Norbert Hirschhorn
Norbert Hirschhorn · Science & Medicine
Physician who helped develop oral rehydration therapy for diarrheal disease
1938, Vienna, Austria
United States · Bangladesh · United Kingdom
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Hirschhorn, born to a Jewish family that fled Nazi-occupied Vienna via London to the United States, became a public-health physician who helped develop oral rehydration therapy, the simple sugar-and-salt solution that rehydrates victims of cholera and infectious diarrhea. His clinical work in the 1960s helped prove that oral rehydration could replace intravenous fluids, saving tens of millions of lives worldwide. President Clinton commended him as an 'American Health Hero' in 1993.
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Physician who helped develop oral rehydration therapy for diarrheal disease
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
