Clemens von Pirquet

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Austrian scientist and pediatrician

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Clemens Peter Freiherr von Pirquet was an Austrian scientist and pediatrician best known for his contributions to the fields of bacteriology and immunology. Wikipedia

Born: May 12, 1874, Hirschstetten, Vienna, Austria

Died: February 28, 1929 (age 54 years), Vienna, Austria

Parents: Peter Pirquet

Books: An Outline of the Pirquet System of Nutrition, Serum Sickness, and Studies of Rickets in Vienna 1919-22: (Report to the Accessory Food Factors Committee Appointed Jointly by the Medical Research Council and the Lister Institute).

Known for: tuberculosis; allergy

Fields: pediatrics; bacteriology; immunology