!!!Kassowitz, Max

Kassowitz, Max, b. Bratislava, Slovakia (then Pressburg), 
Aug. 14, 1842, d. Vienna, June 23, 1913, pediatrician. 
From 1881 director of the first public child health care institution 
in Vienna. From 1891 university professor; his main areas of interest 
were hereditary syphilis, rachitis and diseases of the teeth. He and 
his wife Emilie K. (1854-1938) were active in the teetotallers´ 
movement.


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