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Simon Michael Brainin (July 15, 1854 – March 31, 1911) was a Latvian-American physician.
Brainin graduated from the gymnasium in his native Riga; studied medicine at the universities of Dorpat and Berlin; held the position of physician of the Jewish community of Riga; and was one of the directors of the community, the last independent Jewish kahal in Russia, until this institution was abolished by the government. He was a member of the committee of the government to investigate the rights of the Jews of the city of Riga, 1885; delegate from the government of Poltava to the rabbinical conference at St. Petersburg, 1892; and a member of the Society for the Promotion of Culture Among the Jews of Russia. In 1895, he immigrated to New York City, where he became (1902) a practicing physician, and member of the county medical and German medical societies, of the Harlem Medical Association, and of the New York Historical Society. He died in New York City.
Literary works
Brainin is the author of:
- "Oraḥ la-Ḥayyim", a work on popular medicine, in Hebrew, Wilna, 1883
- "Der Aerztliche Führer", Riga, 1885
- "Ueber Kefyr," Vienna, 1886
and many articles in various periodicals.
See also
References
- Obituary. The Hebrew Standard, April 7, 1911, p. 5
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herman Rosenthal (1901–1906). "Simon Brainin". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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