Albert Salomon (surgeon)

This article is about the German surgeon. For the German sociologist, see Albert Salomon (sociologist).

Albert Salomon (1883–1976)[1] was a Jewish-German surgeon at the Royal Surgical University Clinic in Berlin. He is best known for his study of early mastectomies that is considered the beginning of mammography.[2] He was the father of the artist Charlotte Salomon.

  1. ^ Creativity and Its Imprint: Three Jewish Artists and Some Books About Them: Philip Guston, Charlotte Salomon, R. B. Kitaj Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, Leonard Gold, Rosaline and Myer Feinstein Lecture Series, 2001. Hosted by www.jewishlibraries.org. Retrieved 11 Jul 2011.
  2. ^ Picard, JD (1998). "History of Mammography". Bulletin de l'Académie Nationale de Médecine. 182 (8): 1613–1620. PMID 10188307.