Max Talmey

Max Talmey
Citizenship England
Fields Medecine
Institutions Munich Medical School
Notable students Albert Einstein

Max Talmey (1869 - 1941) was a Polish[1] Ophthalmologist best known for mentoring Albert Einstein and his success in treating cataracts.[2]

Talmey first met Albert Einstein when Einstein was ten years old.[3] Talmey was then attending Medical School in Germany.[4] Talmey was a weekly lunch guest of Einstein's family. He gave Albert Einstein a number of books about science, including works by Aaron Bernstein.[1]

Talmey published an account of Einstein's early life, "Personal Recollections of Einstein's Boyhood and Youth", in Scripta Mathematica.[5] He also published an account of the Einstein's Theory of Relativity.[4]

Talmey moved to Mount Sinai Hospital in 1895 where he served as an Ophthalmologist. He published scholarly works on cataracts and infant paralysis.[4]

In addition to his medical career, Talmey was a harsh critic of Psychoanalysis. He also supported the development of Esperanto,[4] and also constructed his own language, which he called Gloro. He performed public readings of works translated into Gloro, which had similarities to Latin and Spanish.[6] He died in 1941.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "A Tangled Life". Discover Magazine. September 30, 2004. http://discovermagazine.com/2004/sep/a-tangled-life. Retrieved October 11, 2011. 
  2. ^ "MAX TALMEY DIES; EYE SPECIALIST, 72; He Gained National Acclaim in Field for Cataract Remoyals". The New York Times. November 7, 1941. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50A12F83D5E17738DDDAE0894D9415B8188F1D3. Retrieved October 11, 2011. 
  3. ^ "SAYS EINSTEIN AT TEN WAS EAGER STUDENT; Dr. Max Talmey, Friend of Scientist Since Childhood, to Write Book Explaining His Work.". The New York Times. February 17, 1931. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A1FFF3F5E1B7A93C5A81789D85F458385F9. Retrieved October 11, 2011. 
  4. ^ a b c d e Arthur H. Aufses; Barbara Niss (2002), This house of noble deeds: the Mount Sinai Hospital, 1852-2002, NYU Press, p. 255, ISBN 978-0-8147-0500-1 
  5. ^ Personal Recollections of Einstein's Boyhood and Youth Max Talmey. Scripta Mathematica
  6. ^ "NEW WORLD TONGUE IN INTRODUCED HERE; Friend of Einstein Declares 'Gloro' Meets Need for an International Language". The New York Times. March 25, 1937. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40C16F8395E177A93C7AB1788D85F438385F9. Retrieved October 11, 2011.