Maurice Friedman

Maurice Harold Friedman (October 27, 1903 – March 8, 1991) was an American physician and reproductive-physiology researcher. He is known for the development of the rabbit test, a pregnancy test developed in 1931 while he was teaching at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Biography

Friedman was born on October 27, 1903, in Gary, Indiana, United States. Aged 16, he entered the University of Chicago and was awarded a bachelor's degree and doctorates, both in physiology and medicine. From 1928, he taught at the University of Pennsylvania in physiology. He moved to Washington in 1936 and joined the Georgetown University Hospital and held roles at the Georgetown University School of Medicine and the Washington Hospital Center. He gained employment at the Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, where he continued with his research in reproductive physiology. He retired from medical work in 1959 and joined the Planned Parenthood, Children's House and the Social Hygiene Society, where he worked as a financial advisor.^[1]

Friedman died of cancer after a long illness on March 8, 1991, at his home in Sarasota, Florida.^[1][2]

Selected publications

• Friedman, Maurice H.; Lapham, Maxwell E. (March 1931). "A Simple, Rapid Procedure for the Laboratory Diagnosis of Early Pregnancies". American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 21 (3): 405–410. doi:10.1016/S0002-9378(16)42174-5. ISSN 0002-9378. Wikidata Q115596844.

References

1. "Maurice Friedman, "rabbit test" doctor". Tampa Bay Times. March 10, 1991. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
2. Howe, Marvine (March 10, 1991). "Dr. Maurice Friedman, 87, Dies; Created 'Rabbit' Pregnancy Test". The New York Times. p. 32. Retrieved December 4, 2022.