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Carl Rüedi
Swiss pulmonologist (1848–1901) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carl Rüedi [1] (April 21 (or 23?), 1848 – June 17, 1901) was a Swiss pulmonologist and at his lifetime one of the best-known physicians in Graubünden.
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Born | (1848-04-21)April 21, 1848 (or 23?) |
Died | June 17, 1901(1901-06-17) (aged 53) |
Nationality | Swiss |
Occupation | pulmonologist |
Known for | treating Robert Louis Stevenson |
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Rüedi rose to fame around the world after having treated the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson in the winters of 1880-81 and 1881-82. Stevenson praised Rüedi in the dedication of his poetry collection Underwoods (1887) as "the good genius of the English in his frosty mountains".