Solomon da Silva Solis-Cohen (1857–1948) was an American physician, professor of medicine and prominent Zionist.

Biography

Solomon Solis-Cohen was educated at public schools in Philadelphia. He received the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1872 and the Master of Arts degree in 1877 from Philadelphia's Central High School. He taught Hebrew in the school of the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia for two years while studying medicine (1881–1883) and received his medical degree from the

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in 1883. Solis-Cohen taught in 1887–1902 at the Philadelphia Polyclinic and in 1890–1892 at Dartmouth College. He was a professor of clinical medicine at Jefferson Medical College from 1902 to 1927, when he retired as professor emeritus. He was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a trustee of the U.S. Pharmacopoeia Convention. His basic research in medicine was widely noted. He was a founder and trustee of the

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and a founder of the Jewish Publication Society of America. He attended the Third Zionist Congress at Basel in 1899 and was a member of the provisional executive of the Zionist Organization of America for some time during WWI. He published a book of his poetry, ''When love passed by and other verses: including translations from Hebrew poets of the Middle Ages'' (1929), and a selection of his writings and addresses, ''Judaism and science, with and other addresses and papers'' (1940).

Family

In 1885, Solis-Cohen married his cousin Emily Grace Solis. They had three sons (David Hays, Leon and Francis Nathan) and one daughter (Emily Elvira).

Jacob da Silva Solis-Cohen Jacob da Silva Solis-Cohen (1838 – December 22, 1927) was a physician who specialized in the field of laryngology. Personal life Jacob da Silva Solis-Cohen was born in New York City to Myer David Cohen and Judith Simiah da Silva Solis who were ...

(1838–1927), a physician and founder of laryngology in the US, was Solomon Solis-Cohen's brother.

Selected publications

* *with George D. Heist: *with George D. Heist and Myer Solis-Cohen:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Solis-Cohen, Solomon 1857 births 1948 deaths American medical academics American Sephardic Jews Jewish educators Jewish physicians Physicians from Philadelphia Solis-Cohen Family

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