Baginsky

Baginsky, Adolf (Adolf Baginsky, 1843-1918), professor of pediatrics at Berlin University, one of the founders of pediatrics. Received his medical education at Berlin and Vienna universities. Baginsky's first major work was 'Guide to School Hygiene'. In 1880, he founded, together with Professor Monti, the 'Archiv fur Kinderheilkunde', which he edited until his death (67 volumes). In 1882, B. became a privat-docent at Berlin University and published a textbook on childhood diseases, which went through several editions and was translated into Russian. A major achievement of B. was the establishment of a children's hospital (Kaiserin u. Kaiser Friedrich Kinderkrankenhaus), which, thanks to his efforts, became the most significant of Berlin's children's hospitals. Among the first, he opened a department for young children in his hospital and there, on abundant material, conducted his pedagogical work. B. was the first in Germany to introduce the widespread use of serum treatment for diphtheria, having previously waged a major struggle with Virchow.