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Hyman Miller (1897–1969)
OBITUARIES
S. FARNUM
COFFIN,
JR. (1917-19691
Dr. S. Farnum Coffin, Jr., member of the American Academy of Allergy since 1961, died in Torrance, California on January 5, 1969, of bilateral pneumonia. Dr. Coffin graduated with honors from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 1943 and interned at the University of Chicago Clinics, where he also took his residency in pediatrics.
HYMAN
MILLER
(1897-l
969)
Dr. Hyman Miller of Beverly Hills, California, an American Academy of Allergy Fellow since 1924, died June 26, 1969, after a prolonged illness. Dr. Miller was a graduate of Stanford University and served his internship and medical residency at Lane Hospital, Stanford University, San Francisco. He began his allergy practice in the Los Angeles area in 1924 and was responsible for much of the pioneer investigation on the allergens of Southern California. Dr. Miller had been Chief Allergy Consultant at the Veterans Hospital of Los Angeles and was Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Univer. sity of California at Los Angeles. For forty years he was on the staff of t.he Los Angeles County General Hospital as Chief of the Allergy Servi .ce, having established its allergy clinic. 63
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J. Allerg. January, 1970
Obituaries
In the early 1940’s, Dr. Miller became intensely interested in the emotional aspects of allergy and was Chairman of the Psychosomatic Allergy Committee of the American College of Allergists for many years. He has written numerous papers on both organic and psychosomatic allergy and along with the late Dr. Dorothy Baruch was the author of several books. The theory of “maternal rejection” as a cause of asthma is attributed to Dr. Miller and Dr. Baruch.
HENRY
SUESSERMAN
(1905-1969)
Henry Suesserman, a Member of the Academy of Allergy since 1950, died April 28, 1969. Doctor Suesserman attended Conjoint Medical School, University College, University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He was assistant in the allergy clinic at Newark, New Jersey, Beth Israel Hospital; Clinical Assistant in Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Hospital; and in charge of the Allergy Clinic at Irvington General Hospital, Irvington, New Jersey. Albert
Omstein,
Photographer.
S. FARNUM
COFFIN,
JR. (1917-19691
Dr. S. Farnum Coffin, Jr., member of the American Academy of Allergy since 1961, died in Torrance, California on January 5, 1969, of bilateral pneumonia. Dr. Coffin graduated with honors from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 1943 and interned at the University of Chicago Clinics, where he also took his residency in pediatrics.
HYMAN
MILLER
(1897-l
969)
Dr. Hyman Miller of Beverly Hills, California, an American Academy of Allergy Fellow since 1924, died June 26, 1969, after a prolonged illness. Dr. Miller was a graduate of Stanford University and served his internship and medical residency at Lane Hospital, Stanford University, San Francisco. He began his allergy practice in the Los Angeles area in 1924 and was responsible for much of the pioneer investigation on the allergens of Southern California. Dr. Miller had been Chief Allergy Consultant at the Veterans Hospital of Los Angeles and was Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Univer. sity of California at Los Angeles. For forty years he was on the staff of t.he Los Angeles County General Hospital as Chief of the Allergy Servi .ce, having established its allergy clinic. 63
64
J. Allerg. January, 1970
Obituaries
In the early 1940’s, Dr. Miller became intensely interested in the emotional aspects of allergy and was Chairman of the Psychosomatic Allergy Committee of the American College of Allergists for many years. He has written numerous papers on both organic and psychosomatic allergy and along with the late Dr. Dorothy Baruch was the author of several books. The theory of “maternal rejection” as a cause of asthma is attributed to Dr. Miller and Dr. Baruch.
HENRY
SUESSERMAN
(1905-1969)
Henry Suesserman, a Member of the Academy of Allergy since 1950, died April 28, 1969. Doctor Suesserman attended Conjoint Medical School, University College, University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He was assistant in the allergy clinic at Newark, New Jersey, Beth Israel Hospital; Clinical Assistant in Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Hospital; and in charge of the Allergy Clinic at Irvington General Hospital, Irvington, New Jersey. Albert
Omstein,
Photographer.