A forgotten Jewish-Portuguese historian of medicine: Dr. Augusto Isaac d'Esaguy, OSE, 1899-1961

J Med Biogr. 2021 May;29(2):60-63. doi: 10.1177/0967772018800805. Epub 2019 Feb 8.

Abstract

Augusto Isaac d'Esaguy was a 20th century Portuguese medical historian who made contributions to the history of Portuguese-Jewish physicians and was also involved with the Jewish-Portuguese Refugee Committee which assisted with the relocation of Jews from Nazi-controlled France during the Second World War.

Keywords: Augusto Isaac d'Esaguy; Jewish-Portuguese medicine; Portugal; history of medicine.

Publication types

  • Biography
  • Historical Article
  • Portrait

MeSH terms

  • France
  • Historiography*
  • History, 20th Century
  • Jews / history*
  • Physicians / history*
  • Portugal
  • World War II

Personal name as subject

  • Augusto Isaac d'Esaguy