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Victor Robinson
1886–1947
A lively medical historian and journalist, he helped bring the story of medicine to a wider English-speaking audience. His books and essays mixed scholarship with an obvious delight in the strange, human side of science and healing.
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Comrade Kropotkin
by Victor Robinson
An essay on hasheesh : Including observations and experiments
by Victor Robinson
About the author
Born in Ukraine on August 16, 1886, and brought to the United States as a child, Victor Robinson built an unusually broad education. He studied law and pharmacy in New York and later earned his medical degree from the Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery in 1917.
Robinson became known as a physician, medical journalist, and historian of medicine. He founded Medical Life, described by archival sources as the first English-language journal devoted to the history of medicine, and he wrote widely on medical history, biography, and culture.
His books include The Story of Medicine, Pathfinders in Medicine, and Victory over Pain. He died on January 15, 1947, but his work still stands out for making the history of medicine feel vivid, accessible, and full of personality.