Erwin Popper (9 December 1879 − 28 September 1955) was an Austrian physician, who, in 1909, along with

Karl Landsteiner Karl Landsteiner (; 14 June 1868 – 26 June 1943) was an Austrian-born American biologist, physician, and immunologist. He distinguished the main blood groups in 1900, having developed the modern system of classification of blood groups from ...

discovered the infectious character of

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myelitis.Title of German publication: ''Landsteiner, K. und Popper, E.: Übertragung der Poliomyelitis acuta auf Affen'' in ''Zeitschrift für Immunitätsforschung und experimentelle Therapie'', Vol 2 (1909), pp. 377-390 Popper wrote his doctoral thesis in

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in 1903 and then became a military surgeon with the artillery. From 1904 to 1905 he worked as a candidate and assistant physician at the ''Wiedner Hospital'' in Vienna, then moved to the ''Wilhelminenspital''. In 1911 he became a resident doctor at the ''Allgemeine Poliklinik'' (outpatients clinic). As of 1918 he worked as a paediatrician in Vienna and director of the pediatric ambulance of the ''Vienna Krankenkasse'' (statutory medical insurance company). In 1938 he emigrated to England and held jobs as Medical Officer in children’s homes until 1942, subsequently he worked as a Resident Medical Officer in Cheshire until 1945.

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* Paul Speiser: ''Karl Landsteiner, Entdecker der Blutgruppen und Pionier der Immunologie ; Biographie eines Nobelpreisträgers aus der Wiener Medizinischen Schule'', 3rd edition, Berlin, Blackwell Ueberreuter-Wiss. 1990 , page 150 {{DEFAULTSORT:Popper, Erwin 1879 births 1955 deaths Austrian pediatricians