Doctor Jacob Herz: zur Erinnerung für seine Freunde.

Herz, Jacob, 1816-1871.

Erlangen : Edward Besold, 1871.

Description : [1 l.] pl., [1]-48 p. ; ill.: 1 phot. ; 22 cm.

Photographs : albumen mounted on board, frontis. portrait of Dr. Herz.

Subject : Medical biography — Jacob Herz (1816-1871).

Notes :

• Author caption: na.
• Medical degree, Erlangen, 1839.
• Associate professor, University of Erlangen, 1863.
• First Jewish professor, University of Erlangen, 1869.
• Title page note: Der Reinertrag zum Besten der Herzstiftung.
• Jakob-Herz-Preis: international award sponsored by the University Hospital of Erlangen.
• Index Medicus: na.

Important historical account of the triumph of law and reason over entrained antisemitism in medical institutions. Herz died of exhaustion in the service of his patients.