Introductory remarks -- Acknowledgments -- "Of strange lands and people" : the life story of Wilhelm Strauss -- Early life in Prague -- Education and early medical practice -- Military service -- Marriage and family -- The pediatrician of Wiener Neustadt -- Emigration -- Baghdad -- Rome, New York -- "Almost too serious" : the pediatrician of Winer Neustadt and his contribution of social medicine -- The importance of the German University in Prague -- The origins of pediatric medicine in 19th and early 20th century Vienna -- Young Dr. Strauss in Vienna -- The contributions of Dr. Wilhelm Strauss to child welfare in Wiener Neustadt -- "Little study" : Dr. Wilhelm Strauss in his own words -- Childhood Diseases and Their Prevention -- "The care of infants and young children in Wiener Neustadt" -- "End of the story" : in memoriam Franz Strauss -- Appendix. family trees : Wilhelm Strauss and Therese Morgenstotter.
Summary:
"This compelling biography traces the life and times of pediatrician Wilhelm Strauss from his childhood in Prague and his late Hapsburg monarchy medical education in Vienna, to his practice of social medicine in Wiener Neustadt during the Julius Tandler era. It continues with the painful disruptions of the 'Anschluss' and his forced exile in Baghdad, and concludes unexpectedly in New York State, USA. Reproduced in the book are valuable documents in Strauss' own words describing the state of pediatric medicine at the beginning of the First Austrian Republic" -- (from back cover).
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