Walter voegtlin biography

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    • Walter L. Voegtlin

    American gastroenterologist

    Walter L. Voegtlin

    Voegtlin in 1926

    BornMarch 4, 1904

    Des Moines, Iowa

    Died1975
    Occupation(s)Gastroenterologist, writer

    Walter Lyle Voegtlin (March 4, 1904 – 1975) was an American gastroenterologist and pioneer of the Paleolithic diet.

    Biography

    Voegtlin was born at Des Moines, Iowa.[1] He was educated at West Des Moines High School and Broadway High School.[1][2] He studied at the University of Washington (1926–1929) and Northwestern University Medical School (1929–1933).[1] He obtained his BA from Northwestern University in June, 1932.[1] Voegtlin's Master of Science thesis at Northwestern University was titled Evacuation of the Gall Bladder with Cholecystokinin as Studied by Duodenal Drainage.[3] He received his M.D. in 1935.[4]

    In the 1930s, Voegtlin and psychiatrist Frederick Lemere at the Shadel Sanatorium (now