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Sophia Getzova
Swiss-born Israeli pathologist.
Name also spelled Getsowa.
Associated eponyms:
Hürthle cell adenoma
A follicular adenoma of the thyroid gland composed of Hürthle cells.
Hürthle cell tumour
Neoplasm of the thyroid gland.
Biography:
Sophia Getzova was chief pathologist at the Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem. For four years she was the fiancé of Chaim Weizmann, the first president of Israel. In 1901 Weizmann left her for for Vera Khatzman. Sophia getzowa never married . She settled in Palestine in 1925, and in 1927 was appointed Professor of Pathological Anatomy at the Hebrew University.
We thank André Trombeta for information submitted.
Bibliography:
- Über die Thyreoidea von Kretinen und Idioten.
Virchows Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für klinische Medizin, Berlin, April 1905, 180 (1): 51-98.
- Über die Glandula parathyroidea, intrathyreoidale Zellhaufen derselben und Reste des postbranchialen körpers.
Virchows Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für klinische Medizin, Berlin, 1907, 188: 181-234.
- Muraz Gaston, Sophia Getzowa:
Les lèvres des femmes "Djingés" dites "Femmes à plateaux". Paris, 1923
- Jehuda Reinharz:
Chaim Weizmann: The Making of a Zionist Leader. Oxford University Press, 1985. 566 pages.
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