Karl Oskar Medin
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Karl Oskar Medin (August 14 1847 – December 24 1927) was a Swedish pediatrician. He was born at Axberg, Örebro and died in Stockholm. He is most famous for his study of poliomyelitis, an illness often known as the Heine-Medin disease, named after Medin and another physician, Jakob Heine. He has also influenced the study of meningitis and tuberculosis. Medin received his doctorate in 1880 from the Uppsala University. He was appointed extraordinary professor at the Karolinska Institute in 1883 and went on to become professor of paediatrics the following year. He became professor emeritus in 1914. Image:OskarMedinWS-2.jpg
Medin's bronze bust in the Polio Hall of Fame
In recognition of his polio research accomplishments he was elected posthumously to the Polio Hall of Fame in Warm Springs, Georgia, which was dedicated in January 1958. |
