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Bartholomäus Metlinger (born in

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– died c. 1491) was a German physician of the

Late Middle Ages The late Middle Ages or late medieval period was the Periodization, period of History of Europe, European history lasting from 1300 to 1500 AD. The late Middle Ages followed the High Middle Ages and preceded the onset of the early modern period ( ...

. Metlinger graduated in 1470 from the

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. He was

city physician City physician (German language, German: ; , , from Latin ) was a historical title in the Late Middle Ages for a physician appointed by the city council. The city physician was responsible for the health of the population, particularly the poor, ...

() in Nördlingen from 1476 to 1483, when he took the same position in

, probably succeeding his late father Peter Metlinger. His most famous work, ('Little Book on Children'), was published on 7 December 1473, being retitled in later editions as ('A Guide on Young Children'). It was the first German-language work on

pediatrics Pediatrics (American English) also spelled paediatrics (British English), is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, Adolescence, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, pediatrics covers many o ...

. In it, Metlinger deals with the care of infants and small children up to the age of seven. The book describes several childhood diseases and their treatments, besides providing educational advice. It also contains one of the first known written definitions of a pacifier.

Bibliography

* Walter Martin Manzke: ''Remedia per infantibus: Medicinal child therapy in the 15th and 16th centuries, illustrated by means of selected diseases'' (dissertation in the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Marburg.). 2008. http://d-nb.info/987944800/34 * John Ruräh: ''Bartholomaeus Metlinger -1491''. in American Journal of Diseases of Children, 35 (3), 1928, pp 492–494. * Susanne Scheibenreiter: Diseases of the child in the Middle Ages (Unpublished thesis, University of Vienna, Faculty of History). 2008, 93 pages. http://othes.univie.ac.at/1341/1/2008-10-03_5600012.pdf

External links

Bartholomäus Metlinger on digitale-sammlungen.de

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German pediatricians 15th-century German physicians 15th-century educators Education writers German-language writers Physicians from Augsburg German medical writers German male non-fiction writers 15th-century German writers 1490s deaths Year of birth missing Year of death uncertain {{Germany-med-bio-stub

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