Dr. Joseph S. Diamond, noted American Jewish internist who made important contributions to medicine and was considered one of the country’s outstanding internists, died in Paris while returning to New York from a visit to Israel. He was 72 years old.
Associated with a number of hospitals in New York, he was the author of numerous monographs on experimental work on diseases of the liver, gall bladder and digestive tract. He also helped to introduce a test of liver function, the Diamond-Wallace urobilinogen test. He taught at the Bellevue Medical College and the New York Post-Graduate Medical School.
Born in Rumania, he came to the United States in 1898. He was a member of the American Friends of the Hebrew University and of the American Jewish Physicians Committee. He was also a member of the American Medical Association and the Medical Society, a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine and a Diplomat in the American Board of Internal Medicine.
He published a novel in 1951 entitled “Door of Hope,” a story of the life of a Jewish immigrant. He also wrote for many Jewish periodicals and took an active interest in Jewish affairs. His father was the editor of a Hebrew newspaper in New York and was associated with the late Dr. Judah L. Magnes in the establishment of the defunct New York Kehilla.
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