Ignatz Leo Nascher
Ignatz Leo Nascher (* 1863 in Vienna ; † 1944 ) was an American doctor of Austrian origin and the founder of the term geriatrics .
Life
Ignatz Leo Nascher grew up in Vienna. He emigrated to America and studied medicine and worked from 1885 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York .
Father of geriatrics
When Ignatz Leo Nascher visited the Lainz care home in Austria in 1908, which was highly modern for the time , he noticed the low death rate of the residents. A doctor explained the care concept to Nascher as follows: We deal with the inmates like the pediatrician with his children. Nascher then coined the term geriatrics (based on pediatrics) for medicine in old people.
The city of Vienna awards the Ignatius Nascher Prize every year .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Snack, Ignatz Leo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Snack Ignatius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1944 |