Jacob Sheskin

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File:Team Hansen Hospital Jerusalem 1980.jpg
Professor Sheskin (center, in suit and tie) and his research team at the Jerusalem Hospital in 1980

Professor Jacob Sheskin, sometimes known as Sheskin Jacob (Hebrew: יעקב שסקין‎w; 1914 in Vilna, Russia – April 17, 1999 in Jerusalem) was an Israeli physician best known for his 1964 serendipitous discovery that thalidomide can be used as a treatment for leprosy at Hadassah University in Jerusalem.[1]

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