The collection of authors at the origin of classic disease description in the medical dictionary compiled the biography of American authors whose origins proved to be multiple: emigrants, descendants of immigrants, or native Americans. These emigrants and descendants of immigrants were mainly of European origin and of Jewish faith; their immigration, a consequence of anti-Semitism in Europe, significantly favored the medico-scientific development in the United States.
Key Words
Medico-scientific immigration, Jewish faith, anti-Semitism; scientific elite, Nobel prize