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.Blocker, Jack S; Fahey, David M; Tyrrell, Ian R. (2003). Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International Encyclopedia, Volume 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 285.
In 1917 he worked as a physiologist for the United States Bureau of Mines.Faulconer, Albert; Keys, Thomas Edward. (1965). Foundations of Anesthesiology, Volume 1. C.C. Thomas. p. 321 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. Haggard was director of the Laboratory of Applied Physiology at Yale University from 1926–1956.
Haggard was involved in pioneering research into the causes and treatment of alcoholism.Allred, N; Bejarano, W; Ward, J. (2017). Howard Wilcox Haggard and the Institutionalization of Modern Alcohol Studies. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 78 (2): 325-329. He was an editor for the Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol. He died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
He was an author of books on the history of medicine which received positive reviews.Anonymous. (1929). Review: Enemies Of Medical Science. Reviewed Work: Devils, Drugs, And Doctors by Howard W. Haggard. The British Medical Journal 2 (3598): 1163Curtis, James R. (1931). Reviewed Work: Devils, Drugs and Doctors. Social Science 6 (3): 324-325.Matthews, N. Sanford. (1932). Reviewed Work: The Lame, the Halt and the Blind by Howard W. Haggard. Bios: A Quarterly Journal of Biology 3 (4): 194-195. He was critical of Christian Science and faith healing.Anonymous. (1930). Reviewed Work: The Conquest of Superstition by Science. Devils, Drugs, and Doctors by Howard W. Haggard. Science Progress in the Twentieth Century (1919-1933) 25 (97): 125-128.
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)"The Doctor In History". Kirkus Reviews. 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]
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