Howard W. Haggard
American physician, physiologist and writer (1891-1959)
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Howard Wilcox Haggard (July 19, 1891 - April 22, 1959) was an American physician, physiologist and writer.
Career
Haggard was born in La Porte, Indiana. He received his B.S. (1914) and M.D. (1917) from Yale University.[1]
In 1917 he worked as a physiologist for the United States Bureau of Mines.[2] During World War I he was a captain in the Chemical Warfare Service in the United States Army. At Yale University, he conducted research into cardiorespiratory physiology and with Yandell Henderson invented the H and H inhalator.[1] Haggard was director of the Laboratory of Applied Physiology at Yale University from 1926–1956.[1]
Haggard was involved in pioneering research into the causes and treatment of alcoholism.[1][3] He was an editor for the Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol. He died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.[1]
He was an author of books on the history of medicine which received positive reviews.[4][5][6] He was critical of Christian Science and faith healing.[7]
Publications
- Devils, Drugs, and Doctors (1913, 1929)
- The Lame, the Halt, and the Blind: The Vital Role of Medicine in the History of Civilization (1932)
- Mystery, Magic and Medicine: The Rise of Medicine from Superstition to Science (1933)
- The Doctor In History (1934)[8]
- Diet and Physical Efficiency (1935) [with Leon A. Greenberg]
- Man and His Body (1938)
- The Science of Health and Disease: A Textbook of Physiology and Hygiene (1938)
- Alcohol Explored (1942) [with E. Morton Jellinek]
