The Contributions of Immigrants to Psychiatry and Neurology

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In the World War II era, many physicians fled the rise of fascism and later made remarkable contributions.

Ernst Gutmann, at first a POW in Britain, advanced muscle physiology and the repair of nerve tissue.

Ludwig Guttmann, not allowed to practice medicine in the U.K., engaged in research on nerve regeneration.

Eric Guttmann, who had been interned in Britain, contributed to pharmacology of amphetamines and mescaline.

In a previous post , I described the life of Heinz Lehmann, a young German physician who fled the rise of Nazi power and settled in Canada, where he played a major role in the recognition of chlorpromazine as a treatment for psychoses. As it turns out, he was one of many talented physicians and scientists who settled in Britain, the U.S., and Canada, where th