# Jacob Bolotin

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{{short description|American physician}}

{{Infobox person
| name          = Jacob Bolotin
| image         = 1914 Dr Jacob Bolotin.jpg
| caption       = Bolotin at his desk, 1914
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1888|01|03}}
| birth_place   = [Chicago](/source/Chicago), Illinois, US
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1924|04|01|1888|01|03}}
| death_place   = 
| other_names   = 
| occupation    = [Physician](/source/Physician)
| years_active  = 
| known_for     = First totally blind physician
| notable_works = 
}}
'''Jacob W. Bolotin''' (January 3, 1888 – April 1, 1924) was the world's first totally blind physician.

Born in 1888 to a poor immigrant family in [Chicago](/source/Chicago), United States, Bolotin fought prejudice and misconceptions about the capabilities of blind people in order to win acceptance to medical school and then into the medical profession. He fought his way into and through the [Chicago Medical School](/source/Chicago_Medical_School), graduated with honors at 24, and became the world's first totally blind physician fully licensed to practice medicine. He was particularly recognized for his expertise on diseases of the heart and lungs. Bolotin used his many public speaking engagements to advocate for the employment of the blind and their full integration into society. After he died at the young age of 36, his funeral was attended by 5,000 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nfb.org/history-bolotin|title=Dr. Jacob Bolotin, the Blind Doctor|author=Joanne Wilson |publisher=[National Federation of the Blind](/source/National_Federation_of_the_Blind)|accessdate=15 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207050813/https://nfb.org/history-bolotin|archive-date=7 December 2013|url-status=dead}}<br>- {{cite web|url=https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm08/bm0801/bm080105.htm|title=The Blind Doctor: The Jacob Bolotin Story (review)|author=Deborah Kendrick|work=Braille Monitor|date=January 2008|accessdate=27 August 2020}}</ref>

==Legacy==
In 2007, a biography of Botolin, ''The Blind Doctor: The Jacob Bolotin Story'' by author Rosalind Perlman was published.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nfb.org/programs-services/scholarships-and-awards/dr-jacob-bolotin-awards/history|title=The Blind Doctor: The Jacob Bolotin Story|publisher=[National Federation of the Blind](/source/National_Federation_of_the_Blind)|accessdate=28 August 2021}}</ref> In 2008, Perlman designated the [National Federation of the Blind](/source/National_Federation_of_the_Blind) to present the Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award given to innovating individuals working in the field of blindness.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nfb.org/bolotin|title=Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards|publisher=[National Federation of the Blind](/source/National_Federation_of_the_Blind)|accessdate=28 August 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Find a Grave|202989156}}

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