LEADER 03517oam 2200577I 450 001 9910154987103321 005 20240505162518.0 010 $a1-138-27218-3 010 $a1-315-25343-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315253435 035 $a(CKB)3710000000965711 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4758754 035 $a(OCoLC)973026478 035 $a(BIP)57469173 035 $a(BIP)29834849 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000965711 100 $a20180706e20162011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aHenri de Rothschild, 1872-1947 $emedicine and theater /$fHarry W. Paul 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (322 pages) $cillustrations, tables 225 1 $aHistory of medicine in context 300 $aFirst published 2011 by Ashgate Publishing. 311 08$a1-4094-0515-X 311 08$a1-351-93104-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. The Rothschild family medical tradition -- pt. 2. Rothschild's hippocratic theater. 330 $aDr Henri de Rothschild was a fifth generation Rothschild and perhaps the most famous of the Paris Rothschilds of the fin-de-si cle period. A 'sleeping partner' of the bank and the non-drinking owner of Mouton-Rothschild, Henri spent much of his life building medical institutions and promoting scientific medicine, including the promotion of Ehrlich's Salvarsan to cure syphilis and the use of radium to cure cancer. His hospital in a working class area of northern Paris boasted the latest in medical advances. Henri was particularly influential in developing the new science of infant feeding, while his broader concerns with infant health led to his playing a prominent role in the development of the specialty of pediatrics. This biography of Henri de Rothschild focuses on his medical achievements and that of his close family in France. Henri, his wife Mathilde and his mother Th r se all had busy medical careers during World War I. The book also gives an account of both women's experiences of the war. Along with his explicitly scientific medical concerns, Henri was also a prolific playwright and, under the pseudonym Andr Pascal, wrote several plays about doctors. This book situates the plays, and particularly the themes of charlatanism, women doctors and medical ethics, in their contemporary context of the social and medical life of Paris. A fascinating and vividly written study of a somewhat neglected figure in the history of the illustrious Rothschild family, this book will make a valuable addition to the libraries of scholars in the history of medicine and those studying child health and welfare, the portrayal of doctors in literature, and more broadly the social and cultural life of early-twentieth century Paris. 410 0$aHistory of medicine in context. 606 $aPhysicians$zFrance$vBiography 606 $aPediatricians$zFrance$vBiography 606 $aPhilanthropists$zFrance$vBiography 606 $aDramatists$zFrance$vBiography 615 0$aPhysicians 615 0$aPediatricians 615 0$aPhilanthropists 615 0$aDramatists 676 $a610.92 700 $aPaul$b Harry W.$0910267 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154987103321 996 $aHenri de Rothschild, 1872-1947$92037441 997 $aUNINA