Peter Anton Schleisner

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Peter Anton Schleisner (born June 15, 1818 in Kongens Lyngby ; † February 26, 1900 ) was a Danish doctor and epidemiologist .

Life

Schleisner was the son of the textile manufacturer Gottlieb Daniel Schleisner and his wife Christiane, geb. Greener. His older brother was the painter Christian Andreas Schleisner .

It was in 1847 to the Westman Islands sent to the local tetanus - epidemic in newborns ( neonatal tetanus ) study. When he got there, the newborn mortality rate was between 600 and 740 per 1,000 children. He set up a small hospital and performed treatments with balsam of Peru . Schleisner suspected that the infections were caused by droplet infection , direct body contact or poor hygiene . His activity reduced newborn mortality to five percent.

literature

  • Olafsson: PA Schleisner: a pioneer in epidemiology. In: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology , October 1999, Vol. 52, Issue 10, pp. 905-907.
  • Julius Thomsen: About illnesses and illnesses in Iceland a. the Faroe Islands: A contribution to medicin. Geography. According to dan. Original work by PA Schleisner, Eschricht, Panum u. Manicus. Schleswig 1855
  • Peter Anton Schleisner . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 15 : Scalabrini – Skanke . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1901, p. 187 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
personal data
SURNAME Schleisner, Peter Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish doctor and epidemiologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Kongens Lyngby
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1900