caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date image article_title name occupation
kovacs circa 1915 29 december 1950 new york hospital new york city 5 may 1884 kovacs 3682656848 1d1bb450c6 o.jpg richard kovacs
 richard kovacs physician
richard kovacs

richard kovacs -lrb- may 5 , 1884 -- december 29 , 1950 -rrb- was a physician that pioneered diathermy as a therapy .
in 1945 , he was lamenting the rapid disappearance of american spas .
