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Monday, December 8, 2014

Great Physician in History- Ernst Moro

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
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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