Tag: 1900-1949

Ernst van Aaken

Ernst van Aaken

Ernst van Aaken (16 May 1910, in Emmerich – 2 April 1984, in Schwalmtal-Waldniel) was a German sports physician and athletics trainer. Van Aaken became known as the "Running Doctor" and was the founder of the training method called the Waldnieler Dauerlauf (German: "Waldniel endurance run"). He is generally recognized as the founder of the long slow distance method of endurance training. As a sports physician, trainer and advocate of new developments he directed himself fanatically Read more [...]
Jack Cohen

Jack Cohen

Dr Jack Cohen was whistler! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LkwcpGVz-c https://youtu.be/ZhqCvt-dS90 COHEN, Dr. Jack diedOn Friday, August 22, 2014, at the age of eighty. .... A caring surgeon who provided compassion, wisdom, and humour to patients and co- workers at the Jewish General and St. Mary's Hospitals for forty-five years. A talented classical whistler whose unique performances brought joy to his audiences. A passionate history student, and history of medicine enthusiast. Read more [...]
William R. Bertelsen

William R. Bertelsen

William R. Bertelsen (May 20, 1920 – July 16, 2009) was an American inventor and pioneer in the field of hovercrafts. Bertelsen is best known as the inventor of the Aeromobil, the first hovercraft to transport a person over land and water.[1] In 2002, Bertelsen was named the "Father of the Hovercraft" by the World Hovercraft Federation.[1] William R. Bertelsen married Alberta Menzel on September 21, 1946, in Homewood, Illinois. He graduated from Rock Island High School in 1938 and studied Read more [...]
Doctors’ Orchestral Society of New York

Doctors’ Orchestral Society of New York

Die DOSNY wurde 1938 von Ärzten gegründet und führte symphonische Musik unter Ignatz Waghalter auf. Bis zu sechs Konzerte jährlich finden in den bekannten Konzertsälen statt, Carnegie Hall, Town Hall und in der Avery Fisher Hall. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k53RIK0x-zU DOSNY was founded in 1938 by physicians interested in performing symphonic music under the direction of Ignatz Waghalter. In recent years it has added community musicians representing the diverse professions in Read more [...]
Hans Keilson

Hans Keilson

Hans Alex Keilson (Dutch pronunciation: [ɦɑns ˈkɛilsɔn]; 12 December 1909 – 31 May 2011)[1] was a German-Dutch novelist, poet, psychoanalyst and child psychologist. He was best known for his novels set during the Second World War, during which he was an active member of the Dutch resistance. Keilson, having worked with traumatized orphans, mainly wrote about traumas induced by the war. His first novel was published in 1934, but most of his works were published Read more [...]
Juscelino Kubitschek

Juscelino Kubitschek

Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuseˈlinu kubiˈʃɛk(i) dʒi oliˈve(j)ɾɐ]; 12 September 1902 – 22 August 1976), also known by his initials JK, was a prominent Brazilian politician who served as the 21st president of Brazil from 1956 to 1961. Kubitschek's government plan, dubbed "50 years in 5", was centered on economic and social development. During his term the country experienced a period of notable economic growth and relative political stability. Read more [...]
Dr Irakli

Dr Irakli

Emergency in the Kaukasus: A shepherd is ill. Dr. Irakli (81) packs his saddle, looks for his horse and rides. His Wallach Bitschola (31) and him are the rescue unit in the Georgian Kaukasus going up to 3.500 meters height where there are no roads - the doc has to ride. Until he got pension he worked as a neurologist in a hospital in the valley. Then he returned into the mountains ot Tushetia and became mountain doctor. He has rescued 51+ lives since. He believes that god called him to Read more [...]
Michael Alexander Verhoeven

Michael Alexander Verhoeven

Michael Alexander Verhoeven (born in Berlin 13 July 1938 – died in Munich 22 April 2024) was a German film director, screenwriter, film and television producer, actor. He was also a qualified doctor of medicine. He is considered being a politcal filmmaker Michael Verhoeven stems from a theatre and film family, the son of the German film director Paul Verhoeven (1901-1975, not to be confused with the Dutch film director of the same name) and actress Doris Kiesow (1902-1973), Read more [...]
Roland Kuhn

Roland Kuhn

HorrorDoc Roland Kuhn (4 March 1912 – 10 October 2005) was a Swiss psychiatrist who discovered that the drug imipramine had antidepressant properties.[1] he was born in Biel and died in Scherzingen. In 1957, Kuhn published the results of his observations of the antidepressant properties of Imipramine in the Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift (Swiss Weekly Medical Journal).[1] More recently, it was discovered that he tested drugs on patients and children without informed Read more [...]