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Herman Fleischer Host (12 November 1883 – 4 September 1980) was a Norwegian physician.
He was born in Halden. He graduated with the cand.med. degree in 1909 and took the dr.med. degree in 1917. He worked in Bergen from 1916 to 1919 and in Kristiania from 1919. From 1924 to 1951 he was a chief physician at Baerum Hospital, residing at Hovik and Stabekk. He is credited for introducing blood sugar tests in type 2 diabetes patients in Norway in 1916, the modern blood transfusion and blood type tests in Norway in 1919, as well as insulin treatment of diabetes patients in Norway. From 1936 to 1954 he was also the chief physician in the National Insurance Administration.
He became blind at the age of 70, but lived to the age of 96. He was the father of physician Herman Host, and was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.