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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Eminent Michigan Physicians Recorded in Edgar's Documentary

Dr. Irving I. Edgar is a
Detroiter who wears many
mantles. He is a physician
and an historian. As . a
former president of the
Jewish Historical Society of
Michigan he has given as
much attention to the re-
cording of Michigan's his-
torical facts as to his profes-
sion.
He researches historical
data and has gathered im-

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portant facts about Jewish
personalities.
In "A History of Early
Jewish Physicians in the
State of Michigan"
(Philosophical Library), the
newest of his several pub-
lished works, he is the
creator of a documentary
that retains the record of
notables in his profession.
The importance of his
interesting collection of
essays about eminent
physicians is the categor-
ical, his assembled works
recorded and subdivided
into various periods that
relate also to the general
history of American
Jewry.
These are the periods into
which Dr. Edgar lists the
eminent activists whose
achievements are listed in
this volume: Sephardic,
Germanic, East European,
American.
Accumulation of the
photographs of the distin-
guished people, the reprod-

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uction of documents, the
gathering of many histori-
cal facts lend special signifi-
cance to the author's labor
of love, as his important ef-
fort indicates.
While the volume deals
with personalities, it has
the merit of registering his-
torical facts which must
serve invaluably towards
the planned history of De-
troit, and therefore in large
measure also of Michigan,
Jewry.
The Sephardic period
is limited to Dr. Isadore
Carravallah. He was
born in Denmark in 1812,
came to Detroit in 1872
and practiced here until
1899. He was a graduate
of the Copenhagen Medi-
cal College. The facts
about him were gathered
from the Michigan
Gazeteer.
His obituary in the De-
troit Evening News stated
that he spent his last years
in poverty, having lost caste

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in the medical ranks and he
turned to the patent
medicine business.
In the Germanic period,
Dr. Edgar lists a number of
names of men who became
very prominent here. The ,
entire list includes: David
A. Laubenstein, Henry
Newland, Adolph Hochs-
tein, Frederick L.
Hirschman, Eugene J.
Kauffmann, Louis. Barth,
Max Ballin, Simon Levin,
Franz Leo Blumenthal and
Gabriel Stein.
For each in this gr6up
there is an interesting biog-
raphical sketch. The Ballin
story is about the man who
was born in Nordhausen,
Germany in 1869, came to
Detroit towards the end of
the last century, practiced
medicine here until 1934,
and gained fame as a noted
surgeon.
The Ballin name
gained fame among the
most noted in medicine.
There still are physicians
here who will remember
having served with him
at Harper Hospital. The
Edgar biographical ac-
count of him is a notewor-
thy portion of the book.
In the East European
period, the knowledgeable
Detroiter will be reminded
of notables who acquired
prominence.
Both the East European
setion and the one devoted
to the American-born
physicians will excite spe-
cial interest because so
many will be remembered
by many.
In the East European
group appear such names as
Noah Ephraim Aronstam,
who also was a poet,
novelist and essayist.
Grouped with him is
the eminent Hebraist and
Yiddishist Dr. Aaron
Dubnove, who was
closely related to the
famous Jewish historian,
Simon Dubnove, who
was a victim of Nazism.
Also known as a Hebraist
and a Jewish scholar of note
was Dr. Jacob Ben Baruch.
Dr. Alexander W. San-
ders is similarly remem-
bered as a Hebrew teacher
who earned his way through
the University of Michigan
teaching in the Ann Arbor
Hebrew and Sunday
schools.
Then there were Albert
Bernstein, Alexander A.
Walter, Isaac Louis
Polozker and Maxwell E.
Silver.
Here is Where the Dr.
Edgar may have slipped
a bit. Drs. (?) Halbstein
and (?) Benmoshe may

still be remembered by
many. They were active
with Dr. Aronstam and
others in the Detroit
Philosophical Society
and in other movements.
Another important name
that should have been in-
cluded in this history is that
of Dr. Joseph B. Kass. His
obituary, in the Detroit
News, Nov. .15, 1951, was
written by the late George
W. Stark, who was Detroit
News city editor. The Stark
story related how Dr. Kass
served his patients, bring-
ing food, blankets, neces-
sities to the needy; how he
elevated his profession and
died a poor man.
In the American section
are listed Drs. Julius Wise,
Edward Sloman, Charles B.
Aaron, Emil Amberg,
Theodore F. Heavenrich,
Russell Rowland, Joseph
Shellfish, Moses Fec-
hheimer, Louis Jacob
Hirschman, David J., Levy,
Udo J. Wile, Hugo Ab-
raham Freund, Saul E.
Barnett and Lowell Simn
Selling.
Here, too, there should
have been additions. Drs.
Sol and Maurice Meyers,
Meyer Teitelbaum, David
Sandweiss are remembered

with respect.
The Edgar volume never-
theless merits acclaim as a
well-researched product. It
adds valuably to the gather-
ing of facts regarding the
history of the Jewries of De-
troit and Michigan.
A native of what was
Austria-Hungary, Dr.
Edgar came to Detroit as a
child. He earned BA, MB,
MD and MA degrees at
Wayne State University
and pursued graduate
studies, in psychiatry at the
University of Michigan. '
He is a member of
psychiatric professional
organizations and is *affil-
iated with the psychiatric
staffs of Sinai, Crittenton,
Grace, Jennings, Detroit
Memorial and South
Macomb Hospitals.
Dr. Edgar has lectured on
psychiatry and other sub-
jects, and served on the
medical advisory board of
the Selective Service.
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