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Dr. Martin S. Gumpert
Martin S. Gumpert (November 12, 1897 - April 18, 1955) was a Jewish German-born American physician and writer.
Born in Berlin in 1897 to a physician father, Gumpert was stationed as a medic in Tur...view moreMartin S. Gumpert (November 12, 1897 - April 18, 1955) was a Jewish German-born American physician and writer.
Born in Berlin in 1897 to a physician father, Gumpert was stationed as a medic in Turkey during World War I. After war end he began his study of medicine at the University of Berlin. He then moved to Heidelberg to continue his studies in 1919, where he qualified in 1921, specializing in Dermatology and in medicinal and historical studies, and completed his thesis in 1923, which raised controversy over the origin of syphilis.
Over the following years he was a resident physician at the Rudolf Virchow Hospital in Berlin and was involved in homeopathic research. He became a specialist in 1927, leading the outpatient clinic for sexually transmitted diseases, which became the first consulting and treatment center of its kind in Germany.
With the advent of Nazi rise to power, Dr. Gumpert was forced to abandon his practice in 1933 and withdrew into private life, working on his literary works, including the biographies of famous researchers and physicians. His literary works include You Are Younger Than You Think (1944), Hahnemann: The Adventurous Career of a Medical Rebel (1945) and You and Your Doctor (1952).
He fled Nazi Germany in 1936 and moved to America, where he opened a dermatology practice in New York that autumn. He also taught as a professor at the New York Homeopathic Medical College and worked as a medical consultant to the Times magazine. His writings stirred interest in the new area of diseases and he became widely considered as one of the founding fathers of this new medical field of activity.
In 1952, having been a U.S. citizen since 1942, he returned for a short visit to Europe and on his return became a director at the geriatric hospital of the Jewish Memorial hospital in New York.
He died in 1955 at the age of 57.view less