Philip Mininberg
Philip M. Mininberg[1] (November 12, 1886 – March 19, 1951) was a Russian Empire-born American obstetrician. He owned and operated Brooklyn Doctors Hospital, formerly the Borough Park Maternity Hospital.[2] He also owned a nurses' residence across the street.[3]
The application of adrenalin on a boy described as born dead was first made on babies by Philip Mininberg.[4][5]
Early life[edit]
Mininberg[6] was born in Poltava, Russian Empire in 1886[7] and brought to the United States as a child. He received his medical diploma from New York University in 1915.[2][8]
Career[edit]
In 1923, Mininberg successfully revived "by unusual means" a baby boy (a twin to a girl) born apparently dead.[5] The key was that he "pierced the chest wall" and injected a solution of adrenalin directly into the heart.[9] That baby weighed more than two pounds; in 1949, the technique was used on a 15 oz. premature infant.[10]
Mininberg practiced medicine in Brooklyn beginning in 1915. The last 28 years of his life he owned and operated Brooklyn Doctors Hospital (formerly Boro Park Maternity Hospital).[2]
Family[edit]
Mininberg died of a stroke in 1951.[11] He was survived by his wife, their three children, four sisters, and a grandson.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Buys Long Island Home; Dr. Philip Mininberg Purchases House at Atlantic Beach". The New York Times. February 28, 1944.
- ^ a b c d "Dr. Philip Mininberg, Owned Brooklyn Doctors Hospital". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. March 21, 1951. p. 21.
- ^ "Widow, 3 Children of Dr. Mininberg to Share Estate". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 14, 1954. p. 13.
and a nurses' residence at 4420 15th Ave.
- ^ "Baby, Dead, Restored". Reading Times. April 24, 1923. p. 3.
- ^ a b "Medicine: A Baby's Heart". Time. March 3, 1923.
- ^ "Philip M Mininberg".
- ^ "New York, Southern District, U.S District Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1946", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP76-V17C : 8 March 2021), Philip Mininberg, 1908.
- ^ "NYU Medical Archives" (PDF). NYU.edu.
Philip Mininberg
- ^ "Infant Restored to Life by Adrenalin is Healthy". Dayton Daily News. April 17, 1923. p. 13.
- ^ "15-ounce boy born here; Infant Doing Well in Incubator at Brooklyn Doctors Hospital". The New York Times. October 6, 1949.
- ^ "United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WDJ5-T3W2 : 14 December 2020), Philip Mininberg, 1951.
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