JOB FOR DOCTORS: Great Physician in History- Ernst Moro

Monday, December 8, 2014

Today mark the birthday of Ernst Moro. He was an Austrian Physician and Pediatrician renown for the infant reflex called Moro Reflex. He was born on 8 December 1874 and died 17 April 1951.

His birthplace was the present Ljubljana, Slovenia(then called Laibach, Duchy of Carniola, in the former Austro-Hungarian empire). Aside the discovery of Moro reflex( Umklammerungsreflex or embracing reflex) and that children breastfed with milk are better than bottle-fed. and coining the words -first trimester and biological spring, he made other outstanding discoveries.

1900- He presented the first bacteriological characterisation of the isolated Lactobaci

Ernst Moro. Image Source

llus acidophilus (caused the souring of milk products) from intestine of infant.

1908-He developed simple percutaneous skin test for tuberculosis called Moro Test which won international reputation for him and used up till 1960s.

1908-He invented Professor Moro's Carrot soup

1919-First Chair of Pediatrics at Heidelberg

Eponyms associated with Ernst Moro

Moro reflex
Moro's reaction
Moro's tuberculine reaction
Moro's brew
Moro's milk

References
Ernst Moro Retrieved from http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/2378.html on 8th December 2014
Ernst Moro Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Moro on 8th December 2014
Weirich A, Hoffmann GF.Ernst Moro (1874-1951)--a great pediatric career started at the rise of university-based pediatric research but was curtailed in the shadows of Nazi laws.Eur J Pediatr. 2005 Oct;164(10):599-606. Epub 2005 Jun 2. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15931526 on 8th December 2014

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