Education
The young Catherine went to the Ecole Supérieure of Lausanne where she graduated in sciences.
The young Catherine went to the Ecole Supérieure of Lausanne where she graduated in sciences.
Kousmine devised a restrictive diet for treating many human ailments including multiple sclerosis and cancer. There is, however, no scientific evidence that it is effective. She then went on to medical school.
Upon graduation in 1928, she moved to Zurich, in professor Guido Fanconi"s unit, to specialize in pediatrics, then worked in Vienna, Austria, where she got her degree in this discipline.
Back in Switzerland, she had to resume her work as a general practitioner because her degree in pediatrics was not recognized by Swiss authorities. Doctor Kousmine spent most of her life in Switzerland.
There is also a Kousmine Medical Center in Vevey, Switzerland.