David Riesman (1867 in Saxe-Weimar – 1940) was a German-born American physician remembered for describing Riesman's sign.
He wrote a number of books on pathology and the history of medicine.
After 1933, he became professor of the history of medicine until his death.
[1] His son was the American sociologist David Riesman (1909–2002).
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