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Portrait by Nikol Schattenstein introduction to the Periclesian work of Dr. I. Seth Hirsch in the Appreciation prefacing the text "Contributions to Radiology." 1. Seth Hirsch was born in New York City on Dec. 3, 1880. He attended the College of the City of New York from 1895 to 1898, and received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, in 1902. In 1920 he was awarded a Diploma in Radiology by Cambridge University, England. In 1910, after a Civil Service examination, Dr. Hirsch was appointed Director of Roentgenology at Bellevue Hospital, where for sixteen years endless opportunities for study and service made his life an arduous. happy, and busy one. When Bellevue was incorporated in the group known as Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, which included also Harlem, Fordham, and Gouverneur Hospitals, Dr. Hirsch became the General Director, a post which he held until 1926. From 1913 to 1917 he was also Director of Roentgen Laboratories of the New York Post Graduate Hospital, and for the three years before the entry of the United States into the first World War he was Professor of Roentgenography at the Medical College of that institution. Entering the Medical Corps of the United States Army as a captain in 1917, he was subsequently promoted to the rank of major. Dr. Hirsch was director of the X-ray Department of Beth Israel Hospital in New York City from its inception until 1917, and again from 1929 until his death. There with the aid of Myron M. Schwarzschild, Physicist, he was able to delve into the many physical intricacies surrounding the growing field of radiology. At the time of his death he was serving as Consultant to the New York State Compensation Commission. Since 1933 he had been Professor of Radiology at the New York University College of Medicine. He was VicePresident of the Radiological Society of North America in 1927 and 1928 and was a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Throughout the years there have come from his work studies characterized by originality and a striving for simplification. Particularly noteworthy are his most recent contributions to the analysis of cardio-dynamic phenomena by permanent roentgen records. He also opened up a new field of kymophono-roentgenography, thus making possible the studying and recording of sound phenomena of the heart and the valvular actions responsible for them. In 1920 his "Principles and Practice of Roentgen Technic" appeared, to be followed in 1925 by "Principles and Practice of Roentgen Therapy," a pioneer work in English deemed worthy of translation by Holzknecht and Spiegler. Two books that he had in preparation at the time of his death will be published posthumously. A volume entitled "Contributions to Radiology," consisting of forty-five scientific articles was published in his honor in 1939 by a group of former pupils, colleagues, and friends. Broadly speaking, the fundamental significance of L Seth Hirsch lay in the application of his scientific genius to a new and growing specialty. It is upon his contributions and work in the field of radiology, especially his ability to organize and teach, that his permanent fame securely rests. Dr. Hirsch died on March 24, 1942, after a short illness. He leaves a widow, the former Miss Lila Calhoun Hindsman, of Fort Worth, Texas. M. H. POPPEL, M.D.
Radiology – Radiological Society of North America, Inc.
Published: May 1, 1942
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