Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin practised at a period when medicine itself was being rebuilt on new foundations.
The record lists Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin as Israeli physician (1902–1968).
Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin was born at Białystok in 1902. His recorded nationality is Congress Poland. He trained at University of Königsberg.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, laboratory medicine, vaccines and public health began to change mortality at population scale.
His posts were held at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
The recorded fields of work are neurology.
Clinical knowledge is accumulated slowly and revised often, usually at some cost.
Recognition followed: Israel Prize (1953).
That the work was done from Congress Poland matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin died in 1968, aged 66. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Israel Prize — 1953
- Held posts at Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Fields: neurology
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