Feer
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
This article profiles Swiss pediatrician Emil Feer, describing his education, career, and contributions to child neurology and nutrition. It highlights his discovery of a specific form of autonomic neurosis in children and his popular textbooks.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
FEER Emil (Emil Feer; b. 1864), a renowned Swiss pediatrician; he studied in Munich, Heidelberg, Vienna, and Basel, where he received his academic degree in 1889. He worked at the Basel Children's Hospital; in 1895 he was a privat-docent, in 1907 a professor and director of the children's clinic in Heidelberg, and finally from 1911 an ordinary professor in Zurich. Among his numerous clinical works, he described a special form of autonomic neurosis in children (Selter-Swift-Feer disease) — acrodynia infantilis. His protein-oatmeal mixture, proposed by him for feeding infants, is well known. His textbooks on pediatrics and a course on the diagnosis of children's diseases enjoy great popularity; they have been reprinted many times and translated into several languages, including Russian.
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“Feer.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/feer/