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Adalbert Czerny was an Austrian-born doctor who is considered a co-founder of modern pediatrics.

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Adalbert Czerny was an Austrian-born doctor who is considered a co-founder of modern pediatrics. Due to his devotion and contribution to pediatrics, several children’s diseases were named after him to commemorate his efforts in this branch of medicine.

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EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

  • The son of a railway engineer, Adalbert Czerny was born in Jaworzno, Poland on March 25, 1863.
  • Adalbert Czerny spent most of his childhood in Austria’s capital city, Vienna.
  • In 1879, he moved to Pilsen, now in the Czech Republic.
  • In 1882, he passed his Abitur exam then decided to pursue medical studies at the German Charles University in Prague.
  • After six years, he graduated with his doctoral degree. He finished his doctoral studies by writing a thesis that concentrated on kidney disease.
  • He worked to gain experience as the clinical assistant of Alois Epstein who was working at the “Findelanstalt” (the hospital for foundlings) which was part of the Prague University Hospital.
  • In 1893, he gave a lecture on nutrition of newborns and also wrote a treatise on glycogen and amyloid disorder.
  • Because of these works, he received offers to be the chair of pediatrics in Breslau and in Innsbruck.
  • He chose to accept the position in Breslau and worked there until 1910.
  • While working in Breslau in 1906, he received an offer from Munich, giving him the opportunity to be a full professor of pediatrics.
  • Czerny declined this offer and, as a reward for his loyalty to Breslau, he was promoted to the position of a personal full professor at Breslau, including a considerable raise of his salary.
  • When he was offered the chair of pediatrics in the new Children’s Hospital in Strasburg, he left Breslau in 1910 and accepted the offer. He worked there until 1913.
  • In 1913, he became the successor of Otto Heubner as the full professor for pediatrics at the Berlin Charite, a teaching and research hospital and university.
  • In 19 years at the Berlin Charite, he made numerous achievements such as founding the International School of Pediatrics.
  • From 1934-1936, he was the professor emeritus and accepted a chair of pediatrics at the Medical Academy in Düsseldorf, where he temporarily was head of the local Children’s Hospital.
  • He worked in pediatrics from the time he finished his education.

ACHIEVEMENTS AS CO-FOUNDER OF MODERN PEDIATRICS

  • Czerny founded a school that was mainly focused on the nutrition physiology and metabolic pathology of neonates.
  • While working at the Children’s Hospital at Berlin University, he pursued his research regarding infant mortality. With the help of his pupil and colleague Arthur Keller, he summarized the results of his Breslau work in 1906 in a two-volume manual “Des Kindes Ernährung, Ernährungsstörungen und Ernährungstherapie” (Children’s nutrition, nutritional disturbance and therapeutic nutrition) – or simply referred to by experts as the “Czerny–Keller”.
  • The “Czerny-Keller” manual basically determined the teaching of nutrition in pediatrics, and as a result influenced the development of pediatrics itself until today.
  • The phrase “disorder of nutrition”, which Czerny used, showed the connection between nutrition and disease.
  • Czerny also distinguished the three groups of damage: (a) due to nutrition, (b) due to infections, and (c) due to physical constitution.
  • Another focus in his research was the correlation between nutritional disturbance and the behavior of the child.
  • Czerny also wrote, “Der Arzt als Erzieher” or “The physician as an educator” based on some of his lectures.

DEATH AND LEGACY

  • Czerny was married and had one son Marianus, who became a full professor for experimental physics in Frankfurt from 1938 to 1961.
  • On October 3, 1941, Czerny died in Berlin and was buried in Pilsen.
  • Some children’s diseases are named after him such as nutritional anemia in neonates (Czerny anemia), lymphatic−exudative diathesis (Czerny diathesis), and paradoxical respiration (Czerny respiration, German: Czerny-Atmung).
  • Annually, the German Association of Children’s and Juvenile Medicine awards the “Adalbert-Czerny Preis” (Adalbert Czerny Award). This award is given to people for exceptional scientific achievements in pediatrics.

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  • Adalbert Czerny Facts
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  • Key Facts
  • Crezny’s Timeline
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  • Personal Trivia
  • Pediatrics Industry
  • Adalbert Czerny Award
  • Child Diseases
  • Czerny Importance

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