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'''Hermann Michael Biggs''' ([[September 29]], [[1859]] – [[June 28]], [[1923]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[physician]] and pioneer in the field of [[public health]] who helped apply the science of [[bacteriology]] to the prevention and control of infectious diseases. He was born at [[Trumansburg, New York|Trumansburg]], [[New York|N. Y.]] |
'''Hermann Michael Biggs''' ([[September 29]], [[1859]] – [[June 28]], [[1923]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[physician]] and pioneer in the field of [[public health]] who helped apply the science of [[bacteriology]] to the prevention and control of infectious diseases. He was born at [[Trumansburg, New York|Trumansburg]], [[New York|N. Y.]] |
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Educated at [[Cornell University]] and [[New York University School of Medicine|Bellevue Hospital Medical College]], he became lecturer and [[professor]] of pathological anatomy in the latter institution in [[1885]]. From [[1892]] to [[1901]] he was [[pathology|pathologist]] and director of the bacteriological laboratories and thereafter was general medical officer of the [[New York Department of Health]]. In 1897 he was appointed professor of [[Medicine|therapeutics]] and [[Clinical Medicine|clinical medicine]], and in [[1907]] associate professor of medicine in the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College. In addition to his other duties he assumed the directorship of the [[Rockefeller University|Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research]], upon its organization in [[1901]]. |
Educated at [[Cornell University]] and [[New York University School of Medicine|Bellevue Hospital Medical College]], he became lecturer and [[professor]] of pathological anatomy in the latter institution in [[1885]]. From [[1892]] to [[1901]] he was [[pathology|pathologist]] and director of the bacteriological laboratories and thereafter was general medical officer of the [[Metropolitan Board of Health|New York Department of Health]]. In 1897 he was appointed professor of [[Medicine|therapeutics]] and [[Clinical Medicine|clinical medicine]], and in [[1907]] associate professor of medicine in the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College. In addition to his other duties he assumed the directorship of the [[Rockefeller University|Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research]], upon its organization in [[1901]]. |
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In [[1913]] he was chief of a board of experts appointed to make an investigation of health conditions in [[New York|New York State]], and in [[1914]] he became State Commissioner of Health for New York. He was appointed medical director of the [[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies|General League of Red Cross Societies]] at [[Geneva]] in [[1920]] and was knighted by the [[Alfonso XIII of Spain|King of Spain]] for services in [[preventive medicine]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_International_Encyclopedia]His publications include ''The Administrative Control of [[Tuberculosis]]'' (1904) and ''An Ideal Health Department'', with C. E. A. Winslow (1913). |
In [[1913]] he was chief of a board of experts appointed to make an investigation of health conditions in [[New York|New York State]], and in [[1914]] he became State Commissioner of Health for New York. He was appointed medical director of the [[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies|General League of Red Cross Societies]] at [[Geneva]] in [[1920]] and was knighted by the [[Alfonso XIII of Spain|King of Spain]] for services in [[preventive medicine]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_International_Encyclopedia]His publications include ''The Administrative Control of [[Tuberculosis]]'' (1904) and ''An Ideal Health Department'', with C. E. A. Winslow (1913). |
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Hermann Michael Biggs (September 29, 1859 – June 28, 1923) was an American physician and pioneer in the field of public health who helped apply the science of bacteriology to the prevention and control of infectious diseases. He was born at Trumansburg, N. Y.
Educated at Cornell University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, he became lecturer and professor of pathological anatomy in the latter institution in 1885. From 1892 to 1901 he was pathologist and director of the bacteriological laboratories and thereafter was general medical officer of the New York Department of Health. In 1897 he was appointed professor of therapeutics and clinical medicine, and in 1907 associate professor of medicine in the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College. In addition to his other duties he assumed the directorship of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, upon its organization in 1901.
In 1913 he was chief of a board of experts appointed to make an investigation of health conditions in New York State, and in 1914 he became State Commissioner of Health for New York. He was appointed medical director of the General League of Red Cross Societies at Geneva in 1920 and was knighted by the King of Spain for services in preventive medicine.[1]His publications include The Administrative Control of Tuberculosis (1904) and An Ideal Health Department, with C. E. A. Winslow (1913).
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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