Simon Brainin
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Simon Brainin (July 15, 1854 in Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire) was a Russian and an American physician.
He graduated from the gymnasium in Riga; studied medicine at the universities of Dorpat and Berlin; held the position of physician of the Jewish community of Riga; and was one of the directors of the community, the last independent Jewish kahal in Russia, until this institution was abolished by the government. He was a member of the committee of the government to investigate the rights of the Jews of the city of Riga, 1885; delegate from the government of Poltava to the rabbinical conference at St. Petersburg, 1892; and a member of the Society for the Promotion of Culture Among the Jews of Russia. In 1895 he emigrated to New York City, where he became (1902) a practicing physician, and member of the county medical and German medical societies, of the , and of the New York Historical Society.
Literary works[]
Brainin is the author of:
- "Oraḥ la-Ḥayyim", a work on popular medicine, in Hebrew, Wilna, 1883
- "Der Aerztliche Führer", Riga, 1885
- "Ueber Kefyr," Vienna, 1886
and many articles in various periodicals.
References[]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herman Rosenthal (1901–1906). "Simon Brainin". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
See also[]
- 1854 births
- Physicians from Riga
- People from the Governorate of Livonia
- Latvian Jews
- Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States
- Physicians from New York City
- Russian scientist stubs
- European medical biography stubs
- American physician stubs