[T1S1] mother's birth in Erie, PA; father's birth in Germany; their marriage in Pittsburgh, PA, in 1887; home life in Lawrenceville, PA; affiliation with Rodef Shalom Temple; education, Lawrenceville Academy and East Liberty Academy; his travels in Europe with his mother as a youth; graduates from the University of Pittsburgh in 1912 with a Bachelor of Science degree; graduation from the University of Pennsylvania in 1916; visiting spas at Carlsbad, Baden-Baden, and Weisbaden with his mother; receiving a Marconi wireless from his father on a birthday; begins his internship at West Penn Hospital; takes an internship at Los Angeles County Hospital; is thrown out of the Navy, Army and Naval Reserve due to previous tuberculosis infection during WWI; employment as assistant surgeon for Shannon Copper Company; mother's illness and treatment at spas in Europe; her death at eighty years of age; the influence of a homeopathic doctor in his decision to study medicine; discussion of his work in the copper mine in Arizona; returns to Pittsburgh after three years; impressions of the city upon his return; his practice with surgeon Dr. L. H. Landon in the Jenkins Arcade in downtown Pittsburgh; marriage to Jeannette Einstein in March, 1922; her education at Vassar, employment by Hornes Department Store and the "Pittsburgh Post Gazette"; discussion of their marriage; beginnings of his research in the field of biochemistry of cancer; discussion of biochemistry of cancer; his early practice.
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