Nil Filatov
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Nil Fyodorovich Filatov (
paediatrics
.
Career
Having graduated from the Moscow University, he practised as a country doctor in his native region. In 1872–1874, Filatov took additional training in Vienna, Berlin, Heidelberg, and Prague. In 1876, he upheld a thesis on bronchitis and pneumonia, and obtained a doctor degree.[1]
Nil Filatov is most famous for describing
serumal treatment of diphtheria
in 1894.
He created a number of handbooks on
paediatrics
, which were not only popular in Russia, but also translated into German, French, Italian, Czech and Hungarian. In 1892, Filatov established the Society of Paediatricians in Moscow.
The oldest children's hospitals in Moscow (where Filatov worked, now #13), and in Russia (#5, based in St. Petersburg) are named after him. His nephew
ophthalmologist
.
References
- PMID 38337155.
External links
- Nil Filatov at Who Named It?
- Biography by the 1st MSMU(in Russian)
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