January 3: Dr. Jacob Bolotin

Transcript

Today we honor Dr. Jacob Bolotin, who attended Chicago Medical School and is recognized as the first practicing blind physician.

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Learn more about Dr. Bolotin:

• Neil Gale,  Dr. Jacob Bolotin (1888-1924); The world's first totally blind physician licensed to practice medicine, The Digital Research Library of Illinois History Journal (2019).

• Perlman, Rosalind. The Blind Doctor: The Jacob Bolotin Story. Santa Barbara, CA: Blue Point Books, 2007.
• Deborah Kendrick's review of Rosalind Perlman's The Blind Doctor: The Jacob Bolotin Story, in Braille Monitor (January 2008).
• "A Sixth Sense: Blind Man Reads His Friend's Mind," Western Gazette, Friday, 5 November 1909, page 10.
• "History," National Federation of the Blind website re: the Jacob Bolotin Awards.
• Mona Minkara, "Jacob Bolotin - Scientist of the Week," YouTube Video (00:01:39). Dr. Minkara is a blind scientist! Check out her website to learn more.

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