Ludwig Edelstein (23 April 1902 – 16 August 1965) was a classical scholar and historian of medicine.
[1] Because he and his wife were Jewish, Edelstein lost his academic position and had to flee from Germany in 1933 when the Nazis came to power.
At the university he taught ancient Greek philosophy in undergraduate and graduate seminars and courses.
Edelstein's 1943 translation and commentary on the Hippocratic Oath was influential on contemporary thinking about medical ethics.
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