Albert Einstein Secures His Personal Doctor a Medical Research Position
Albert Einstein was in the United States when Adolph Hitler came to power in 1933, and he never returned to Germany. Instead, he became a US citizen in 1940 and continued his research at the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. While there, Einstein met Dr. Henry Abrams, an ophthalmologist, with...
Albert Einstein was in the United States when Adolph Hitler came to power in 1933, and he never returned to Germany. Instead, he became a US citizen in 1940 and continued his research at the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. While there, Einstein met Dr. Henry Abrams, an ophthalmologist, with whom he would establish a lifelong friendship. Einstein became a patient of Abrams, and remained one for the remainder of his life, sitting in Dr. Abrams' waiting room for his routine visits. Einstein became godfather to the Abrams children.
Dr. Abrams took post-graduate training in ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and hoped to serve a two-year residency at one of the nation's great eye care hospitals, Wills Eye Hospital. In November 1940, Einstein wrote his friend and doctor a letter of recommendation that carried great weight. The Hospital responded, "While we have a great many applications and residents are selected onoly on a basis of merit, there is no doubt that your endorsement of Dr. Abrams will receive serious consideration."
Abrams received the appointment and Einstein noted his pleasure in this letter to colleague and Wills Eye Hospital board member, Dr. Louis Lehrfeld. Autograph letter signed, on his blind embossed letterhead, Princeton, February 15, 1941, to Dr. Louis Lehrfeld. "Dear Dr. Lehrfeld: Thank you for your letter of February 14th. I have learned with pleasure of the appointment of Dr. Abrams to the Residentship at the Wills Hospital, and I appreciate very much your kind interest in this matter." We obtained letter directly from the descendants of Dr. Lehrfeld, and it has never before been offered for sale.
An interesting side note: Dr. Abrams was present at Einstein's autopsy and famously retained his eyes, which he kept for years.
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