Background
Hirschman, Louis Jacob was born on August 15, 1878 in Republic, Michigan, United States. Son of Frederick L. and Hannah (Labold) Hirschman.
Hirschman, Louis Jacob was born on August 15, 1878 in Republic, Michigan, United States. Son of Frederick L. and Hannah (Labold) Hirschman.
Doctor of Medicine Detroit College Medicine, 1899.
House physician, Harper Hospital, 1899-1900. Director Harper Hospital clinic, 1904-1906. Professor and head department of protology, Detroit College of Medicine (now known as Wayne U.), 1909-1946.
Proctologist and head department of proctology, Harper Hospital, 1906-1940.
Proctologist Women's Hospital, from 1922, Charles Godwin Jennings Hospital, from 1928. Consultant proctol., Detroit Receiving Hospital, Evangelical Deaconess Hospital, Harper Hospital, Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Mercy Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Cranbrook School, Detroit Tuberculosis Sanitarium.
Extramural lecturer in post-graduate medicine, University of Michigan.
Member Michigan State Board of Health, 1927-1938 (president 1937-1938). Major Medical Corps., American Expeditionary Force, July 13, 1917-December 2, 1918, with Base Hospital 17, in France. Member Detroit Board of Commerce.
Fellow American College Surgeons (a founder).
Member American Medical Association (vice president, 1930-1931), Michigan State Medical Society (president 1928-1929), Wayne County Medical Society (ex-president), Northern Tri-State Medical Society, American Proctologic Society (ex-president), Detroit Proctol. (president, 1946-1947), Detroit Medical.
Member American Board of Proctology from 1948. Clubs: Army-Navy (Washington).
Married Lulu Frances Carstens, June 22, 1904 (died 1930). Married second, Hanna Christine Kellogg, August 15, 1936. Children: Ruth Carstens (Mistress Harry F. Chapin), Alice Carstens (Mistress John Smith Hammond), Elaine Carstens (Mistress Ferdinand Nordstrom).