Louise W. Rauh

Louise W. Rauh
Louise Rauh, from the 1924 yearbook of Wellesley College
Born
Louise Weiler Rauh

June 4, 1902
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
DiedFebruary 27, 1991 (age 88)
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
OccupationsPediatrician, medical researcher, medical educator
RelativesJoseph L. Rauh Jr. (brother)

Louise W. Rauh (June 4, 1902 – February 27, 1991)[1] was an American pediatrician and an early specialist in pediatric cardiology. She was a professor of pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

Early life and education

Rauh was born in the North Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati, the daughter of Joseph L. Rauh and Sara Weiler Rauh. Her parents were Jewish; her father was a shirt manufacturer,[2] and an immigrant from Germany.[3] Her younger brother Joseph L. Rauh Jr. was a lawyer and civil rights activist.[4] She graduated from Wellesley College in 1924.[5] She earned her medical degree at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1928,[6] as one of the school's first female students.[7] She pursued further training in pediatrics in Vienna and at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.[1]

Career

Rauh served an internship at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. She worked with Robert A. Lyon at the Oyler Clinic. Lyon and Rauh opened "the nation's first pediatric cardiology unit" at Cincinnati Children's Hospital in the 1930s, and founded the Children's Heart Association to fund their work.[8] She also She also opened rural cardiac clinics and had a private pediatric practice.[1] She taught pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, where was an active member of the Women's Faculty Association.[7] Beginning in 1950, she was clinician for the Babies Milk Fund Association.[9]

In 1971, Rauh was named one of Cincinnati's Women of the Year by The Cincinnati Enquirer.[10][11] She retired in 1985; that year, a lectureship was named in her honor,[7] and she gave an oral history interview to the Oral History of Medicine in Cincinnati project.[12]

Publications

  • "Disturbance in Glycogen Metabolism with Hepatomegaly" (1934, with Carl Zelson)[13]
  • "A New Type of Movable Infant Isolation Unit" (1937, with J. Victor Greenebaum)[14]
  • "Simple Tachycardia in Children" (1939, with R. A. Lyon)[15]
  • "The incidence of organic heart disease in school children" (1939)[16]
  • "Extrasystoles in Children" (1939, with R. A. Lyon)[17]
  • "Heart murmurs in newborn infants" (1940, with R. A. Lyon and J. W. Stirling)[18]
  • "The Social Adjustment of Children with Heart Disease" (1941, with R. A. Lyon and Mary G. Carroll)[19]
  • "The prevention of rheumatic recurrences in children by the use of sulfathiazole and sulfadiazine" (1945, with Richard E. Wolf and R. A. Lyon)[20]
  • "Oral Penicillin Therapy in Children: Phenethicillin" (1962, with Carl Weihl, Frank W. Kellogg, and Lillis F. Altshuller)[21]
  • "Measles Immunization With Killed Virus Vaccine: Serum Antibody Titers and Experience With Exposure to Measles Epidemic" (1965, with Rosemary Schmidt)[22]
  • "Persistent Systemic Hypertension in the Adolescent" (1975, with Jennifer M. H. Loggie)[23]

Personal life

Rauh died in 1991, at the age of 88, in Cincinnati. A scholarship for medical students was established in her memory.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Miller, Martha (1991-02-28). "Louise Rauh, doctor, teacher; Pediatrician was pioneer in cardiac care for children". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 38. Retrieved 2025-09-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Shirtmaker's Will is Filed with Trust Provision". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 1943-12-09. p. 19. Retrieved 2025-09-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Billmire, Elaine (Winter 2022). "Louise Rauh, MD: Pioneer Woman". Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Alumni Association Newsletter.
  4. ^ Parrish, Michael E. (2010-08-11). Citizen Rauh: An American Liberal's Life in Law and Politics. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-11737-6.
  5. ^ Wellesley College, Legenda (1924 yearbook): 97; via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ Adams, Eleanor (1978-02-09). "Light Years Separate 1928 From Today". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 61. Retrieved 2025-09-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ a b c Harden-Renfro, Gayle (1985-06-03). "Lectureship honors pioneer among women doctors". The Cincinnati Post. p. 11. Retrieved 2025-09-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Goal is $20,000 in 1951 Campaign For Children's Heart Association". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 1951-01-21. p. 75. Retrieved 2025-09-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Fashion Shows to Benefit Milk Fund". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 1965-10-24. p. 89. Retrieved 2025-09-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Her Children Are Her Patients". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 1971-12-26. p. 48. Retrieved 2025-09-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Davis, Rosemary (1972-01-29). "Honor Enquirer Women of the Year". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 10. Retrieved 2025-09-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Louise Rauh interviewed by Benjamin Felson and Arthur Spreen, May 7, 1985". UC Libraries MediaSpace. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  13. ^ Rauh, Louise (1934-04-01). "Disturbance in Glycogen Metabolism with Hepatomegaly (von Gierke's Disease)". American Journal of Diseases of Children. 47 (4): 808. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1934.01960110091009. ISSN 0096-8994.
  14. ^ Rauh, Louise W. (1937-01-30). "A New Type of Movable Infant Isolation Unit". Journal of the American Medical Association. 108 (5): 385. doi:10.1001/jama.1937.92780050001012a. ISSN 0002-9955.
  15. ^ Lyon, R. A.; Rauh, Louise W. (1939-09-16). "Simple Tachycardia in Children". Journal of the American Medical Association. 113 (12): 1121. doi:10.1001/jama.1939.02800370037009. ISSN 0002-9955.
  16. ^ Rauh, Louise W. (1939-12-01). "The incidence of organic heart disease in school children". American Heart Journal. 18 (6): 705–714. doi:10.1016/S0002-8703(39)90850-1. ISSN 0002-8703.
  17. ^ Lyon, R. A. (1939-02-01). "Extrasystoles in Children". Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 57 (2): 278. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1939.01990020036003. ISSN 1072-4710.
  18. ^ Lyon, R. A.; Rauh, Louise W.; Stirling, J. W. (1940-03-01). "Heart murmurs in newborn infants". The Journal of Pediatrics. 16 (3): 310–317. doi:10.1016/S0022-3476(40)80150-9. ISSN 0022-3476.
  19. ^ Lyon, R. A., Louise Rauh, and Carroll Mary G. Carroll Mary G. "The Social Adjustment of Children with Heart Disease" Mental Hygiene (1941): 443-9.
  20. ^ Wolf, Richard E.; Rauh, Louise W.; Lyon, R. A. (1945-12-01). "The prevention of rheumatic recurrences in childrenby the use of sulfathiazole and sulfadiazine". The Journal of Pediatrics. 27 (6): 516–520. doi:10.1016/S0022-3476(45)80002-1. ISSN 0022-3476. PMID 21007897.
  21. ^ Weihl, Carl; Rauh, Louise W.; Kellogg, Frank W.; Altshuller, Lillis F. (1962). "Oral Penicillin Therapy in Children: Phenethicillin". The Journal of New Drugs. 2 (1): 35–42. doi:10.1177/009127006200200104. ISSN 1552-4604. PMID 14005641.
  22. ^ Rauh, L. W.; Schmidt, R. (2000). "Measles immunization with killed virus vaccine. Serum antibody titers and experience with exposure to measles epidemic. 1965". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 78 (2): 226–231. ISSN 0042-9686. PMC 2560693. PMID 10743294.
  23. ^ Loggie, Jennifer M. H.; Rauh, Louise W. (1975-11-01). "Persistent Systemic Hypertension in The Adolescent". Medical Clinics of North America. 59 (6): 1371–1383. doi:10.1016/S0025-7125(16)31937-X. ISSN 0025-7125. PMID 1186351.
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