Emil Pfeiffer

Emil Pfeiffer

Emil Pfeiffer (1 March 1846 in Wiesbaden – 13 July 1921 in Wiesbaden) was a German physician and paediatrician.

He studied medicine at the universities of Bonn, Würzburg, and Berlin. It was at Berlin where he received his doctorate in 1869.

As a paediatrician he dealt with issues of infant nutrition, campaigned for the establishment of children's homes and crèches. He is known for describing infectious mononucleosis (also known as "mono," "glandular fever," and "kissing disease"), an Epstein-Barr virus-induced infectious disease of the lymphatic tissue that also bears his name - Pfeiffer's disease.

External links

Emil Pfeiffer at Who Named It?

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 47506733 LCCN: no2011102771 ISNI: 0000 0001 2131 4541 GND: 116162856 SUDOC: 119956225

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