Frederick Batten
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Frederick Eustace Batten (September 29, 1865 – 1918) was an English neurologist and pediatrician who has been referred to as the "father of pediatric neurology".
Batten attended Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge,[1] and graduated in medicine in 1891 from St Bartholomew's Hospital in London. He worked as a pathologist at the Hospital for Sick Children and as a physician at the National Hospital. He obtained his doctorate in 1895, became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1901, and was elected dean in 1908.
[edit] References
- ^ Venn, J.; Venn, J. A., eds. (1922–1958). "Batten, Frederick Eustace". Alumni Cantabrigienses (10 vols) (online ed.). Cambridge University Press.
[edit] Further reading
- E. Chaves-Carballo (November 1979). "Eponym: Frederick E. Batten: father of pediatric neurology". Southern Medical Journal 71 (11): 1428–1429.. PMID 362542.
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