Background
Schmidt, Jakob Edward was born on June 16, 1906 in Riga, Livonia, Latvia. Son of Michael E. and Rachel I. (Goldman) Schmidt. came to the United States, 1924, naturalized, 1929.
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Hardcover book by J.E. Schmidt, published by Charles C Thomas in 1972. Written to aid the foreign student or physician in order to feel at home in any English-speaking country. Contains the idioms, colloquialisms, and so-called substandard or unconventional expressions. Listed here are more than four thousand English idioms and Americanisms, copiously defined and exemplified. Organized alphabetically, examples are "make allowance for", "blow hot and cold", "buckle down", "crack down", "take the edge off", "in fine feather", "make the grade", "in the hole", "iron out", "lay off", "draw the line", "be nuts about", "to push on", "know the ropes", "make a stand", and many more.
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A Dictionary Listing Thousands Of Medical And Related Scientific Discoveries In Alphabetical Order, Giving In Each Case The Name Of The Discoverer, His Profession, Nationality, And Floruit, And The Date Of The Discovery.
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Schmidt, Jakob Edward was born on June 16, 1906 in Riga, Livonia, Latvia. Son of Michael E. and Rachel I. (Goldman) Schmidt. came to the United States, 1924, naturalized, 1929.
Graduate, Baltimore City College, 1929. Graduate in Pharmacy, University Maryland, 1932. Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, University Maryland, 1935.
Doctor of Medicine, University Maryland, 1937. Postgraduate, University Maryland, 1939.
Intern, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore general practice medicine, Baltimore, 1940-1953; resident, Charlestown, Indiana, since 1953; industrial physician, Indiana Ordnance Works, 1953-1954; medical and medicolegal lexicographer, since 1950. President Sculptural Medical Jewelers, 1973-1976. Member revision committee United States Pharmacopeia XI.
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Member American Dialect Society, Natural History Society, American Name Society, American Medical Writers' Association, International Society General Semantics, American Medical Association, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, Baltimore City Medical Society, National Association Standard Medical Vocabulary, National Society Literature and Arts, Authors' Guild, Authors' League, American Museum Natural History, Cousteau Society, Smithsonian Institution, Planetary Society, National Writers' Club, Rho Chi, others.