Dr. Bernard Lown (seen here in 1968) was a world-renowned Harvard cardiologist, pioneer of the direct-current defibrillator for cardiac resuscitation and in 1985 accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. When the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, had a heart attack in 1977, Lown joined his students Dr. Ira Weiss and Dr. Louis Teichholz in treating the Rebbe. (Photo: National Library of Medicine)
The Nature of Healing: The Rebbe and Nobel Prize Cardiologist Bernard Lown
While treating the Rebbe following his 1977 heart attack, Lown perceived the Rebbe’s holistic philosophy of healing.
