Henry Koplik

Henry Koplik

Henry Koplik (New York October 28, 1858 - 1927) was an American physician. He was educated at the College of the City of New York and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons (M.D. 1881). He took a postgraduate course at the universities of Leipzig, Prague, and Vienna, and on his return to America established himself as a physician in his native city (1883). There he became connected with Bellevue Hospital, the Good Samaritan Dispensary, and other medical institutions. Since 1899 he has been assistant professor of pediatrics at Bellevue Medical College.

Koplik was the first to describe an early diagnostic sign in measles, since known as "Koplik's spots"; and he found, too, the bacillus of whooping-cough. He also introduced the free delivery of Pasteurized milk to the needy poor, in which he was followed later by Nathan Straus.

Besides essays in the medical journals Koplik is the author of "Diseases of Infancy and Childhood", New York, 1902.

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  • Koplik's spots — (kop liks) are small, irregular, red spots with a minute bluish white speck in the center of each seen on the buccal mucosa and lingual mucosa (mucous membrane of the inside of the cheek and tongue) and are pathognomonic of early stage measles.… …   Wikipedia

  • Koplik's spots — noun small red spots with white centers found on the mucous membranes of the mouth and tongue; symptom of measles that appears one or two days before the measles rash appears • Hypernyms: ↑symptom * * * ˈkäpliks noun plural also koplik spots… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Koplik's spots — /kop liks/, (in measles) small pale spots with reddish rims that appear on the lips and mucous membranes inside the cheeks before the skin eruption takes place. [1895 1900; named after Henry Koplik (1858 1927), U.S. pediatrician] * * * …   Universalium

  • Koplik’s spots — Little spots inside the mouth that are highly characteristic of the early phase of measles (rubeola). The spots look like a tiny grains of white sand, each surrounded by a red ring. They are found especially on the inside of the cheek (the buccal …   Medical dictionary

  • Koplik-Flecken — Kọplik Flecken   [nach dem amerikanischen Kinderarzt Henry Koplik, * 1858, ✝ 1927], Frühsymptom der Masern …   Universal-Lexikon

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  • Koplik-Flecke — Kọplik Flecke [nach dem amer. Kinderarzt Henry Koplik, 1858 1927]: weißliche Flecke mit rotem Hof an der Wangenschleimhaut (erstes Zeichen bei Masern) …   Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke

  • KOPLIK, HENRY — (1858–1927), U.S. pediatrician. Koplik, who was born in New York, became assistant professor of pediatrics at Bellevue Medical College as well as consulting physician to other New York hospitals. Koplik is known as the discoverer of the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Koplik — Henry, U.S. physician, 1858–1927. See K. spots, under spot …   Medical dictionary

  • Koplik's spots — Kop·lik s spots käp liks or Kop·lik spots lik n pl small bluish white dots surrounded by a reddish zone that appear on the mucous membrane of the cheeks and lips before the appearance of the skin eruption in a case of measles Koplik Henry (1858… …   Medical dictionary

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