Dr. Moreau's secret: how a simple carrot soup saved children dying from diarrhea (5 photos)

It is no secret that in the 19th century, things were not very good with medicine. After all, then, due to the lack of basic sanitation, they often died women in labor. However, there were enough problems at the beginning of the 20th century, that's just the diseases of the newborns and young children themselves were already alarming.





After all, then ordinary stomach problems and even diarrhea could end fatally. Fortunately, Dr. Ernst Moreau found quite a a simple solution. Who is he?



The Austrian doctor was born in 1874 in a family where, in addition to him, There were seven other children. It probably also affected him later interest in pediatrics. Growing up, Moreau received a doctorate degree, and also began to collaborate with Theodor Escherich, who became discoverer of Escherichia coli.

However, he decided not to stop there, so he unlearned separately for a pediatrician and headed a children's clinic in the city Heidelberg, which has been successfully made the center of international cooperation.



It was there that he made the discovery that cured babies of diarrhea, when there were no antibiotics or antidiarrheals. On For another 100 years, scientists could not explain why it worked.

And this very discovery was the usual carrot soup. In spite of its simplicity, doctors were surprised by the effectiveness of this remedy, stopping even the most severe diarrhea. The secret of the soup was revealed only in 2002, when oligosaccharides were found in it, which prevented adhesion of harmful bacteria to the walls of the intestines.



However, Moro's discoveries in the field of pediatrics did not end there. It was he who discovered the syndrome of infantile colic, the need for sterilization bottles and breastfeeding, and developed apple diet to treat diarrhea. In addition, he created a skin test for tuberculosis, which was used until the 1960s.

Despite the fact that Moro himself had only one child, it is impossible to count how many children his discoveries made possible to live further.