Elmer Belt

**Elmer Belt** (10 ga Afrilu, 1893 - 17 ga Mayu, 1980) masanin ilimin fitsari ne na Amurka. Ya kasance likitan farko na aikin tiyata na tabbatar da jinsi, mai ba da shawara ga kafa Makarantar Kiwon Lafiya ta UCLA, kuma mai tara littattafai da aka sani da tattara ɗakin karatu na kayan bincike game da Leonardo da Vinci - ɗakin karatu na Elmer Belt na Vinciana - wanda ya ba da gudummawa ga Jami'ar California, Los Angeles tsakanin 1961-66.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Arthur Elmer Belt a Birnin Chicago, Illinois, a ranar 10 ga Afrilu, 1893. Iyayensa sun yi aiki a Ofishin Jakadancin Amurka. Iyalin sun koma Kudancin California lokacin da Belt ke da shekaru tara. Elmer Belt (irin sunan da ya fi so) ya sami ilimin farko a Orange County, California, kuma ya halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Los Angeles, yana tafiya a kan doki. A lokacin makarantar sakandare ya dauki darussan Latin, makarantar likita, kuma ya sadu da Ruth Smart, wanda ya auri a 1918. Belt ya fara karamin kantin sayar da littattafai da kayayyaki a makarantar. Wannan kamfani ya kai shi ga sanin wasu manyan masu sayar da littattafai na birnin, gami da Ernest Dawson . Da yake ba da labarin shekarunsa na makarantar sakandare a cikin wasika ta 1979, Belt ya rubuta, "A matsayin Freshman a makarantar sakandare, na koyi abin da Aldine yake kuma game da Gutenberg da masifarsa da duk duniyar littattafai mai ban mamaki. 

Lokacin da yake matashi, mahaifin Belt ya mutu bayan an yi masa tiyata a ciki. Lokacin da likitan ya sanar da iyalin, Belt ya lura da ƙanshin barasa a kansa kuma ya yi imanin cewa likitan ya yi kuskure yayin da yake ƙarƙashin rinjaye. Wannan gogewa ta sa Belt ya yi rantsuwa da cewa ba zai taba sha barasa ba. Belt ta halarci Jami'ar California, Berkeley, ta sami B.A. a 1916 da MA a 1917.  (Ya kasance memba na aji na farko da Herbert McLean Evans ya koyar.  ) Belt daga nan ya halarci Makarantar Kiwon Lafiya ta UCSF, inda aka zaba shi ya zama ɗan'uwan Cibiyar Hooper don Binciken Kiwon Lafiyar, yana aiki a cikin urology tare da Dokta George Whipple da Dokta Frank Hinman .

Bayan kammala makarantar likita a 1920, Belt ya fara zama a Urology a karkashin Dokta Hinman . Koyaya, lokacin da ɗan ƙaramin Belt, Charles, ya ji rauni sosai a hatsarin mota, Belt ya nemi magani a gare shi daga sanannen likitan ƙwaƙwalwa Robert W. Lovett a Makarantar Kiwon Lafiya ta Harvard. Don kusanci da ɗansa da kuma samar da kulawa mafi kyau, Belt ya nemi zama a cikin General Surgery a Asibitin Peter Bent Brigham kuma ya shafe shekara guda yana aiki a ƙarƙashin Harvey Cushing .  ) 

Yayinda yake makarantar likita, Belt ya ɗauki darasi mai zaman kansa a Tarihin Magunguna wanda George W. Corner ya koyar. A lokacin wannan aji ne Belt ya ci gaba da sha'awar rayuwarsa ga Leonardo da Vinci.

## Ayyuka
A cikin 1923, Elmer da Ruth Belt sun koma Los Angeles, inda ya fara aiki mai zaman kansa. A cikin 1936 ya kafa Elmer Belt Urologic Group, wanda ke cikin ginin kansa a 1893 Wilshire Boulevard . bene na biyu na ginin yana da ɗakin karatu mai girma na Belt. A wannan lokacin, karuwar sunansa a fagen ya ba shi matsayi a matsayin ma'aikaci, halarta, ko mai ba da shawara ga likitan fitsari a asibitoci da yawa a yankin Los Angeles.

Baya ga ƙwarewa a cikin urology, Belt ya kasance mai ba da shawara ga lafiyar jama'a kuma, daga 1939 zuwa 1954, ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban Hukumar Lafiya ta Jama'a ta Jiha. Gwamnan California Culbert Olsen ne ya fara nada shi a wannan mukamin, Gwamna Earl Warren ne ya sake nada Belt a kowane bangare uku na wannan mukamin. A cikin lafiyar jama'a, Belt ya yi aiki don kafa Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant. Ya kuma ba da shawara don kulawa da haƙƙin 'yan gudun hijira daga Dust Bowl waɗanda suka zauna a Tulare County. A lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, ya ba da shawarar samun kudade don magance cututtukan da ake samu ta hanyar jima'i da kuma magance karuwanci, wanda ya kalli a matsayin muhimman batutuwa kusa da sansanonin soja a jihar.

Belt was the author of numerous publications about both urology  and Leonardo da Vinci

## Manazarta