Harry J. Haiselden
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Harry John Haiselden was the Chief Surgeon at the German-American Hospital in Chicago
in 1915 who refused to perform needed surgery for children born with severe birth defects and allowed the babies to die, in an act of eugenics
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to George Haiselden. In 1893 he graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine
. In 1915 he was put on trial for allowing the Bollinger baby to die.
He played himself in the eugenics propaganda movie, The Black Stork, a 1917 silent movie.
Haiselden died while vacationing in Cuba on June 18, 1919 of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
in 1915 who refused to perform needed surgery for children born with severe birth defects and allowed the babies to die, in an act of eugenics
Eugenics
Eugenics is the "applied science or the bio-social movement which advocates the use of practices aimed at improving the genetic composition of a population", usually referring to human populations. The origins of the concept of eugenics began with certain interpretations of Mendelian inheritance,...
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Biography
He was born on March 16, 1870 in Plano, IllinoisPlano, Illinois
Plano is a city in Kendall County, Illinois, United States near Aurora, with a population of 5,633 at the 2000 census. The city is rapidly growing with new subdivisions such as Lakewood Springs completed and several other developments under construction or in the planning stages. Former Speaker...
to George Haiselden. In 1893 he graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine
University of Illinois College of Medicine
The University of Illinois College of Medicine offers a four-year program leading to the MD degree at four different sites in Illinois: Chicago, Peoria, Rockford, and Urbana–Champaign....
. In 1915 he was put on trial for allowing the Bollinger baby to die.
He played himself in the eugenics propaganda movie, The Black Stork, a 1917 silent movie.
Haiselden died while vacationing in Cuba on June 18, 1919 of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Haiselden deaths by refusal of medical intervention
- Child of Anna and Allan Bollinger
- Child of William Meter at German-American Hospital