Nil Filatov
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1847|06|02}}
| birth_place = Mikhaylovka, Penza Governorate, now Lyambirsky District, Mordovia, Russia
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1902|02|08|1847|06|02}}
| death_place = Moscow
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| citizenship = Russian Empire
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| fields = paediatrics
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| alma_mater = Moscow University
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| known_for = Infectious mononucleosis
Dukes' disease
Koplik spots
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Nil Fyodorovich Filatov ({{langx|ru|Нил Фёдорович Фила́тов}}, {{OldStyleDate|2 June|1847|21 May}}, or {{OldStyleDate|16 April|1847|4 April}}, – {{OldStyleDate|8 February|1902|26 January}}) was a medical doctor who is considered the founder of Russian paediatrics.
Career
Having graduated from the Moscow University, he practised as a country doctor in his native region. In 1872–1874, Filatov took additional training in Vienna, Berlin, Heidelberg, and Prague. In 1876, he upheld a thesis on bronchitis and pneumonia, and obtained a doctor degree.*{{cite journal|last1=Kutzsche|first1=S|year=2024|title= How Nil Filatov (1847–1902) influenced the evolution of Russian paediatrics in the 19th century|journal=Acta Paediatrica|doi=10.1111/apa.17148|pmid= 38337155}}
Nil Filatov is most famous for describing infectious mononucleosis (also known as Filatov's disease) in 1887 and Dukes' disease (sometimes referred as Dukes-Filatov disease) in 1885; he was also one of the first to observe Koplik's spots (1895). In cooperation with Georgy Gabrichevsky he introduced serumal treatment of diphtheria in 1894.
He created a number of handbooks on paediatrics, which were not only popular in Russia, but also translated into German, French, Italian, Czech and Hungarian. In 1892, Filatov established the Society of Paediatricians in Moscow.
The oldest children's hospitals in Moscow (where Filatov worked, now #13), and in Russia (#5, based in St. Petersburg) are named after him. His nephew Vladimir Filatov was a prominent ophthalmologist.
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== External links ==
- {{Whonamedit|doctor|1410|Nil Filatov}}
- [http://lech.mma.ru/child/histotry/filatov Biography] by the 1st MSMU {{in lang|ru}}
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Category:People from Lyambirsky District
Category:People from Saransky Uyezd
Category:Physicians from the Russian Empire
Category:Pediatricians from the Russian Empire
Category:Moscow State University alumni
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