Eli Moschcowitz

Eli Moschcowitz
Born(1879-08-02)2 August 1879
Girált, Sáros County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary
(present-day Giraltovce, Prešov Region, Slovakia)
Died23 February 1964(1964-02-23) (aged 84)
Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materColumbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Known forDiscovery of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine, Pathology
InstitutionsColumbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Beth Israel Medical Center Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan)

Eli Moschcowitz (2 August 1879 – 23 February 1964)[1] was an American doctor best known for his role in discovering thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), which was originally called "Moschcowitz syndrome".[2] He is also known for having an early role in the development of psychosomatic medicine.[3][4][5]

Early life

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Moschcowitz was born to a Jewish family in Girált, Hungary.

Career

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Moschcowitz received a medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He spent much of his career as a pathologist at Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan, and was later medical director of Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan) and Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia.[6][7] He was also a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine.

In 1925 Moschcowitz described the autopsy pathology of a young female patient who died of a disease that first caused petechiae, pallor, paralysis, and coma.[8] Her blood vessels were largely filled with platelets.[9] Modern reports still occasionally refer to TTP as "Moschcowitz disease" or "Moschcowitz syndrome".[10]

Chess

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Moschcowitz was a member of the Manhattan Chess Club. When the former world chess champion José Raúl Capablanca collapsed in what would prove to be his fatal stroke, Moschcowitz arranged the ambulance to take him to Mount Sinai Hospital. After Capablanca died the next morning, Moschcowitz was one of the three doctors who performed the full autopsy.[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Marcus, Jacob Rader & Daniels, Judith M. (Ed.): The concise dictionary of American Jewish biography. Carlson Publications, Brooklyn (New York) 1994, ISBN 0926019740, p. 449.
  2. ^ Moake, J. L. (1998). "Moschcowitz, multimers, and metalloprotease". New England Journal of Medicine. 339 (22): 1629–31. doi:10.1056/NEJM199811263392210. PMID 9828253.
  3. ^ "Psychoanalysis Psychotherapy". Psychoanalysis-and-therapy.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  4. ^ Lorand Alex, Moschcowitz Eli (1934). "A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of the Constitution in Graves' Syndrome". Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 79 (2): 136–152. doi:10.1097/00005053-193402000-00002. S2CID 147511588.
  5. ^ Moschcowitz (1935). "Psychogenic Origin of Organic Diseases". New England Journal of Medicine. 212 (14): 603–611. doi:10.1056/nejm193504042121402.
  6. ^ "ELI MOSHCOWITZ, INTERNIST, IS DEAD; Ex-Director at Mt. Sinai Did Work in Psychosomatics". February 24, 1964. Archived from the original on July 1, 2024. Retrieved July 6, 2024 – via NYTimes.com.
  7. ^ "EDITOR'S NOTE Classics in Medicine" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  8. ^ An acute febrile pleiochromic anemia with hyaline thrombosis of terminal arterioles and capillaries: An undescribed disease.Archives of Internal Medicine, Chicago, 1925, 36: 89)
  9. ^ Moake, J. L. (1998). "Moschcowitz, multimers, and metalloprotease". New England Journal of Medicine. 339 (22): 1629–31. doi:10.1056/NEJM199811263392210. PMID 9828253.
  10. ^ Search Results for author Moschcowitz E on PubMed.
  11. ^ Edward Winter, Capablanca's Death Archived 2019-01-12 at the Wayback Machine, Chess History, last updated 31 August 2015.
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