Alois Epstein

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Alois Epstein

Alois Epstein (born January 1, 1849 in Kamenitz ad Linde , Bohemia , † October 27, 1918 in Prague ) was a Czech pediatrician .

Life

He grew up in a Jewish family and attended high school in Jindřichův Hradec (German Neuhaus ). He then studied at the University of Prague and was awarded a Dr. med. doctorate and from 1880 was a private lecturer in paediatrics .

In 1881 he became a primary physician at the Prague foundling facility and was a substitute at the University Children's Hospital, where he was appointed associate professor in 1884. He was co-editor of the Yearbook for Teething . On October 19, 1888, he was elected a member of the Leopoldina ( matriculation no. 2797 ).

Alois Epstein was the uncle of the Prague pediatrician Berthold Epstein .

Epstein children's armchair - size 2, Thonet
Depiction of the correct use of the Epstein swing for " revengeful and weakling"
Epstein children's armchair - size 2, Thonet, sign on the seat board

meaning

According to Alois Epstein's article published in Berlin in 1894, pseudodiphtheria is referred to as Epstein's disease . He is also the namesake of the Epstein pearls , horn pearls in the middle line of the soft palate in newborns. He also developed the Epstein swing , orthopedic furniture for toddlers, which should not be missing in any nursery and was dubbed "the best invention in paediatrics".

Fonts (selection)

  • Contribution to the knowledge of the children's systolic skull noise. 1879
  • A rocking armchair for little rickets and the weak. In: Zentralblatt für Kinderheilkunde, 8, 1890, pp. 194 ff.
  • About pseudodiphtheritis of septic origin , Berlin 1894
  • About child protection and population increase with special attention to the conditions in Bohemia. 1910
  • About the need for systematic teaching in infant care in midwifery schools. 1916

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Austrian Biographical Lexicon: Alois Epstein (1849-1918), pediatrician
  2. ^ Jewish Encyclopedia: Short biography of Alois Epstein
  3. ↑ Infantile gingival cyst, synonyms: Epstein pearl, Bohn's nodule, Epstein pearl, palatal cyst
  4. ↑ Stephan Heinrich Nolte : "The best invention of paediatrics": The "Epstein swing", a pediatric-orthopedic piece of furniture from the first half of this century. In: Pädiatrie hautnah, 8, 1999, pp. 498-500
personal data
SURNAME Epstein, Alois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech pediatrician from a Jewish family
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Kamenitz ad Linde , Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1918
Place of death Prague