JouR. D.D. 211 JUNE, 1945

Samuel Weiss M.D., F.A.C.P. ON HIS SIXTIETH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY

By

HYMAN I. GOLDSTEIN, M.D. CAI~IDEN, N. J.

D t ~ ~ SAMUEL WEISS who is Clinical Professor f Gastroenterology at the New York Polyclinic

Hospital and Post-Graduate Medical School, was born May 6, 1885, in Hungary, the son of Jacob and Nina Weinberger. He received his M.D. degree in 1907 from Long Island College Hospital. He studied in the United States and in Vienna and other European clinics. On January 11, t914. he married Ella Mar- gareten. He has three children, Daniel, Dr. Jerome (physician) and Bernard, all at present in United States Army service.

Dr. Weiss began practicing as a physicial~ in 1907 and served in several" out-patient department clinics. He became attending gastroenterologist of the Jewish Memorial Hospital in 1918. He has served as Adjunct Professor (1925), Clinical Professor and Chief of the Clinic of the New York Polyclinic Medical School and Hospital since 1927. He is Consulting Gastro- enterologist to the Beth David Hospital and the Long I~each (l,ong Island) lqospitat and several others. He is a Life Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the Alnerioan Medical Association. ]-te is a Fellow or the Gastro-enterologique de Paris, the Belgian Gastro-enterologic Society and is a D))lo- mate of the American Board of Internal Medicine. tie has been editor .o[ the Review of Gastroenterology since 1934 (March). He is past-president of the Medical Board of the Jewish Memorial Hospital and of the American-Hungarian Association. He has been a very active Founder Fellow of the National Gastro- enterological Association. He is a n~ember of the In- ternati.onal Society of Gastroenterology (Brussels), Jewish Academy of Arts and Sciences, the International Medical Club, the New York County and State Medi- cal Societies. He was decorated Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor. He is Surgeon, U.S.P.H.S. (R), and Examining Physician for the Veterans Re- habilitation of Selective Service and War Manpower Comlnission. Dr. Weiss has published about fifty medical papers and has made numerous contributions to textbooks, journals, conventions, international con- gresses and local medical society meetings. He is the author of Diseases of Liver, Gallbladder, Duc~s, and Pancrea,s, a book of 1t00 pages published in 1935; Clinical Lectures on the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts, a volume of 504 pages published in 1944. It is a priv- ilege and pleasure indeed to have known Dr. Weiss for many years and to have met him and his family socially and to have collaborated with him in a number of interesting problems. I am happy to submit these few remarks as a partial and incomplete biographic sketch of my friend and c,olleague, Dr. Samuel Weiss, and to congratulate hint and to wish him well on this, his sixtieth birthday anniversary. Appended to these is a partial list of Dr. Weiss's publications.

Publicatio,zs by Dr. Weiss Diverticula of the Stomach. Med. J. and Record,

N. Y., 121:768-770, June 17, 1925. Presented before the Clinical Soc!ety of the Jewish Memorial Hospital, Jan. 6, 1925 (Xray fihns).

Herpes Zoster with Unusual Prodromal Symptoms; with report of a case. Med. J. and Record, N. Y., 124:761-762, Dec. 15, 1926. Presented before the So- ciety for Clinical Study, N. Y., on January 26, 1926.

Unrotated ascending colon and cecum with appen- dicular abscess. Med. J. and Ree., 130: 563-564, Nov. 20, 1929. (Case came under his observation in Feb. 1927--41 year old woman).

Acute Yellow Atrophy of Liver; Acute necrosis of liver. Med. J. and Rec., 135: No. 7, 316-321, April 6, 1932.

Newer Synthetic Drugs in Treatment of biliary dis- eases. Med. J. and Rec. 137: 197-201, March 1, 1933.

Evaluation of efficacy ,of oleic acid with bite salts in enterohepatic disease; clinical experiment with 25 sub- jects. J. Lab. a~d Cli~. Med., 18: 1016-1023, July, 1933.

Diathermy as aid to cholecystography, Arch. Phys. Therapy, 14: 591-592, Oct. 1933.

Liver Deaths and their prevention; how danger can be recognized and avoided by use of preoperative and postoperative diagnostic measures. Am. J. Surg., 23: 96-101, Jan., 1934.

Weiss and Collins, V. I,., Role of Vegetative Nervous System in gastrointestinal disease; vagotonia and sym- pathicotonia; clinical study. Internat. Clinics, 1: 107- 131, March, 1934.

Dietetic and Hygienic Management of Cholelithiasis. Med. Rec., 141: 568-571, June 19, 1935.

Portal Hypertension (hepatic decompensation) ; critical study of circulatory system of liver and evolu- tion of syndrome of portal hyperextension. Internat- Clinics, 1: 148-194, March 1936.

Large Penetrating ulcer on lesser curvature of stom- ach; report of case treated by injections of histidine (larostidin) with 9 months follow-up. Med. Rec., 144: 304-306, Oct. 7, 1936.

I. W. Held--Dedication in honor of his Sixtieth Birthday. Rev. Gastroenterolog., 3: 345-347, December, 1936.

S. Weiss and W. B. Rawls and V. L. Collins. Liver Function in Rheumatoid (chronic infections) arthritis; (preliminary report). Ann. Int. Med., 10: 1021-1027, Jan., 1937; 12: 1455-1462, March, 1939.

Physical therapy in Gastritis. Med. Rec., 147:68-71, Jan. 19, 1938.

Medical and surgical jaundice with consideration of liver deaths, lnternat. Clin. I : %-114, March, 1938.

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Preoperative and Post-operative medical manage- ment of biliary conditions. Med. Rec., 150: 311-316, Nov. 1, 1939.

Ascites. (Intraperitoneal fluids); anatomic, physi- ologic, neurologic and mechanical causes; diagnosis. Internat. Clin., 4: 162-195, Dec. 1939.

Medical Treatment of Liver and Gallbladder Dis- eases. Med. Rec., 153: 398-404, June 4, 1941.

S. Weiss, A. Slanger, and S. Goodfriend. Relation of nasopharynx to ulcerative colitis; preliminary re- port. J'. Lab. and Clin. Med., 36: 1925-1927, Sept. 1941.

Gastro-intestinal disturbances secondary to disease of genito-urinary organs. Urol. and Cutan. Rev., 46: 213-217, April, 1942.

S. Weiss and M. Fabricant. Clinical Studies on urinary excretion of bisulfite binding substances. Med. Rec., 155: 51-54, Jan. 21, 1942.

S. Weiss and E. Foldes. Digestive System and Blood: inter-relationship between digestive system and morphologic and chemical composition of blood. In- ternat. Clin. 1: 234-254, March, 1942.

New and Inexpensive Apparatus for rapid estima- tion of icterus index by means of graduated color scale: no standard required. Med. Rec., 155: 507-508, Nov., 1942.

Gallbladder Disease and Arthritis. Review Gastro- enterology, 11: 116-120, March-April, 1944.

1. Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers. N. Y. Med. Jour., 104: No. 25, 1193-1197, Dec. 16, 1916.

2. Gallstones. History, Diagnosis, and Medical Treatment. N. Y. Med. Jour., 107: No 20, 932-936, May 18; No. 21, 980-984, May 25; No. 22, 1022-1028, June 1, 1918.

3. An Open Safety Pin Swallowed by an eight-months old child, and passed through the rectum after four days. Med. Rec. 96: No. 5, 189, Aug. 2, 1919.

4. The Medical Treatment of Gallbladder Affections. N. Y. Med. J., 110: No. 5, 187-189, Aug. 2, 1919.

5. The Modern Medical Treatment of Chronic Ulcer of the Stomach and Duodenum; with Special reference to the Sippy Method. Med. Rec., 96: No. 22, 867-873, Nov. 29, 1919.

6. Reflex Symptoms in Gall-stone Disease. Charlotte Med. J., 80: No. 5, 188-189, November, 1919.

7. The Prophylaxis and Treatment of Gall-stone Disease. Med. Rec. 97: No. 21, 869-872, May 22, 1920.

8. The Duodenal Tube in Diagnosis and Treatment of Gall- bladder and Biliary Disease. Western Med. Times (Den- ver), 39: No. 12, 467-470. June, 1920.

9. Ulcer of the Esophagus. Diagnosis and Treatment. N. Y. Med. J., 112: No. 1, 29-30, July 3, 1920.

10. The Nonsurgical Drainage of the Gallbladder as an Aid in the X-ray Diagnosis of Gallstone Disease. N.Y. Med. J., 114: No. 5, 297-298, September 7, 1921.

A D D I T I O N A L P U B L I C A T I O N S Diagnosis and Treatment. 11. Roentgenoscopy as a Cause of Menstrual Disturbance.

N. Y. Med. J. and Record, 118: No. 1:48, July 4, 1923. 12. Diverticula of the Stomach. Med. J. & Rec. (supp.),

121: 768-770, June 17, 1925. 13. The Rectal and Duodenal Administration of the Sodium

Salt of Tetrabrom-phenolphthalein. A Preliminary Com- munication. Amer. Medicine, n. s. 20: No. 3, 161-163, March, 1925.

14. The Rectal, duodenal and oral use of sodium salt of tetra- brom-phenolphthalein and tetraiodphenolphthalein. Med. Klinik (Berlin, Prag. u. Wien), 22: No. 28: 1073-1074, July 9, 1926.

15. Achylia Gastrica. Amer. Med. n. s. 22: No. 2, 79-93, Feb. 1927.

16. Cholecystography and Biliary Drainage as Aid in Diagnosis of Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease. M.J. and Record, 125: 264-265, Feb. 16, 1927.

17. Epidermoid Carcinoma. Ural. & Cutan. Rev. 31: No. 8, 487-488, Aug., 1927.

18. History of Gall-Tract and Biliary Disease. Med. Life, 34: No. 12, 663-676, Dec. 1927.

19. Clinical Effects of Lead in Treatment of Malignant Disease. N. J. Record, 127: No. 6, 308-310, March 21, 1928.

20. Gastrophotography; Gastrocamera, A New Apparatus for Photographing Interior of Stomach. M.J . and Record, 129: 390-391, April 3, 1929.

Book Reviews The New York Hospital. By William L. Russell, M.D.,

pp. 556, ($7.50), New York, The Columbia Univer- sity Press. 1945.

This is an intensely interesting, beautifully written history of the psychiatric service of The New York Hospital from 1771-1936. Dr. Russell, as is well- known, is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, and was director of the department of psychiatry at the time of the establish- ment of The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Col- lege Association in 1927. Today, the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic, established in 1932, stands as the final expression of New York City's decades of effort aimed at helping the mentally-ill patient. The book will prove invaluable to those who are especially inter- ested in the subject of the evolution of a psychiatric service which really began toward the end of the eighteenth century, suffered many transplantations from one hospital building to another but always remained

an integral part of that very ancient institution,--The New York Hospital, and finally became domiciled in the staggering aggregation of buildings which today is known as The New York Hospital and Cornell Uni- versity Medical College. Psychiatry as practiced today is scarcely recognizable as a growth from its primitive prototype, but it is pleasant to learn that from the early days of the eighteenth century, New York City invariably felt moved to do all in its power - - (and this at first was very little) to help the mentally afflicted. The book, incidentally, presents an excellent running account of psychiatry, from the days when it was a function of the general practitioner and insanity was believed to be somatogenic and curable, to the present when the field is divided into separate specialties, and insanity is less confidently explained and less optimisti- cally approached. This book must remain an archive

of information since it covers periods concerning which

11o previous organized records existed.