About Richard Kovacs
Lived 1884 – 1950 (aged 66). Richard Kovacs was an American physician.
Richard Kovacs (May 5, 1884 – December 29, 1950) was a physician who pioneered diathermy as a therapy. In 1945, he was lamenting the rapid disappearance of American spas.
Writings German Spas: Neuenahr, Wiesbaden, Baden-Baden as Seen by the Travel Study Club of American Physicians (1926) Accidental Injuries in Office Practice (1933) in The Journal of the American Medical Association
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Who was Richard Kovacs?
American physician (1884–1950)
When was Richard Kovacs born?
Richard Kovacs was born on 5 May 1884 in New York City.
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Richard Kovacs died on 29 December 1950 in Weill Cornell Medical Center.
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Richard Kovacs was a physician.
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Richard Kovacs was American.
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