# Harry J. Haiselden

> Harry John Haiselden was an American physician and the Chief Surgeon at the German-American Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Haiselden gained notoriety in 1915, when he refused to perform needed surgery for children born with severe birth defects and allowed the babies to die, in an act of eugenics. The film The Black Stork was made by him, about him, and starred him.

*American surgeon (1870-1919)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/harry-j-haiselden

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Born:** 1870-03-16
- **Died:** 1919-06-18
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Harry John Haiselden was an American physician and the Chief Surgeon at the German-American Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Haiselden gained notoriety in 1915, when he refused to perform needed surgery for children born with severe birth defects and allowed the babies to die, in an act of eugenics. The film The Black Stork was made by him, about him, and starred him.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 37.4
- **Momentum:** 0.3

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354395/ (@nm0354395)

## Sources
- [Harry J. Haiselden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_J._Haiselden)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5669962)

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