Background
Bleyer, Julius Mount was born on March 16, 1859 in at Pilsen, Austria. Son of Samuel and Sophia Bleyer.
Bleyer, Julius Mount was born on March 16, 1859 in at Pilsen, Austria. Son of Samuel and Sophia Bleyer.
Came to America with parents, 1868. Student of University of Prague, 2 years. Doctor of Medicine Bellevue Hospital Medical College (New York University), 1883.
(Doctor of Laws, Central University of Indiana, 1896).
He pointed out in The Medico-Legal Journal, the problems with other methods of executing death sentences including decapitation and electrocution. Lethal injections were however not used until the late 1970s. Bleyer was also a pioneer of photofluoroscopy, a method of visualizing x-rays to observe the functioning of internal organs.
He also introduced the idea of an inhaler for delivering medication into the lungs and considered applications in laryngology that made use of sound recording instruments.
Julius Bleyer was born in Pilsen, Austria to Samuel and Sophia who moved to the United States in 1868. He studied at the University of Prague and obtained a medical degree in New York in 1883 from Bellevue Medical College.
He obtained an Doctor of Laws in 1896 and practiced in New York from 1883 until his death. He was a specialist consultant for the Metropolitan Opera Company from 1888 and dealt with the health of the throat.
Member A. Master of Arts, Medico-Legal Society of New York (vice president since 1903), Anthropology Society of Italy; member National Academy Medicine (Mexico), Laryngol. Society and Electrical Society (Paris).
Member American Academy Political and Social Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Married Rose Floersheim, of New York, 1884.