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Walter L. Voegtlin
American gastroenterologist
Walter L. Voegtlin | |
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Voegtlin in 1926 | |
| Born | March 4, 1904 Des Moines, Iowa |
| Died | 1975 |
| Occupation(s) | Gastroenterologist, writer |
Walter Lyle Voegtlin (March 4, 1904 – 1975) was an American gastroenterologist and pioneer of the Paleolithic diet.
Biography
Voegtlin was born at Des Moines, Iowa.[1] He was educated at West Des Moines High School and Broadway High School.[1][2] He studied at the University of Washington (1926–1929) and Northwestern University Medical School (1929–1933).[1] He obtained his BA from Northwestern University in June, 1932.[1] Voegtlin's Master of Science thesis at Northwestern University was titled Evacuation of the Gall Bladder with Cholecystokinin as Studied by Duodenal Drainage.[3] He received his M.D.
in 1935.[4]
In the 1930s, Voegtlin and psychiatrist Frederick Lemere at the Shadel Sanatorium (now Schick