Julius Mount Bleyer (16 March 1859 – 3 April 1915) was a New York doctor who specialized in laryngology who took a keen interest in medical jurisprudence. He studied the methods used for capital punishment and as a member of a commission, was among the first to propose lethal injections in 1888. [1] He pointed out in The Medico-Legal Journal, the problems with other methods of executing death sentences including decapitation and electrocution. [2] Lethal injections were however not used until the early 1980s.
Bleyer was also a pioneer of photofluoroscopy, a method of visualizing x-rays to observe the functioning of internal organs. [3] [4] [5] He also introduced the idea of an inhaler for delivering medication into the lungs [6] and considered applications in laryngology that made use of sound recording instruments. [7]
Julius Bleyer was born in Pilsen, Austria to Jewish parents Samuel and Sophia, who moved to the United States in 1868. He studied at the University of Prague and obtained a medical degree in New York in 1883 from Bellevue Medical College. He obtained an LL.D. in 1896 and practiced in New York from 1883 until his death.
Bleyer was a specialist consultant for the Metropolitan Opera Company from 1888 and dealt with the health of the throat. He served as a vice-president during an American congress on tuberculosis and was a member of the New York Medico-Legal Society.
Bleyer married Rose Florsheim in 1884. [8] [9]
Julius Mount Bleyer (16 March 1859 – 3 April 1915) was a New York doctor who specialized in laryngology who took a keen interest in medical jurisprudence. He studied the methods used for capital punishment and as a member of a commission, was among the first to propose lethal injections in 1888. [1] He pointed out in The Medico-Legal Journal, the problems with other methods of executing death sentences including decapitation and electrocution. [2] Lethal injections were however not used until the early 1980s.
Bleyer was also a pioneer of photofluoroscopy, a method of visualizing x-rays to observe the functioning of internal organs. [3] [4] [5] He also introduced the idea of an inhaler for delivering medication into the lungs [6] and considered applications in laryngology that made use of sound recording instruments. [7]
Julius Bleyer was born in Pilsen, Austria to Jewish parents Samuel and Sophia, who moved to the United States in 1868. He studied at the University of Prague and obtained a medical degree in New York in 1883 from Bellevue Medical College. He obtained an LL.D. in 1896 and practiced in New York from 1883 until his death.
Bleyer was a specialist consultant for the Metropolitan Opera Company from 1888 and dealt with the health of the throat. He served as a vice-president during an American congress on tuberculosis and was a member of the New York Medico-Legal Society.
Bleyer married Rose Florsheim in 1884. [8] [9]