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25.01.2020 | Pioneers in Neurology
Bernard Sachs (1858–1944)
Erschienen in: Journal of Neurology | Ausgabe 1/2021
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Bernard (christened “Barney”) Sachs (Fig. 1) attained international renown for recognizing “amaurotic familial idiocy” or Tay–Sachs disease [6]. He was born on 2 January 1858 in Baltimore, MD, to Joseph and Sophia Sachs, an immigrant couple of Bavarian-Jewish origin. Bernard’s siblings Harry and Sam followed career paths in banking, and Julius as headmaster of the Collegiate School [7]. Julius’ son, Ernest Sachs (1879–1958), was the first Professor of Neurosurgery at Washington University [8].
Fig. 1
Bernard Sachs in 1934 during a meeting of the Metropolitan Opera’s board of directors. Unpublished photograph, private archive. Copying, redistribution or retransmission without the author’s express written permission is prohibited
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