Dr. Hirschsprung was a Danish Pediatrician who described the disease in 1886 in a conference in Berlin.  The disease since then has his name.

 

Dr. Hirschsprung was also the first to describe Intussusception and the treatment with an enema. 

He was also the first to describe Pyeloric Stenosis. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

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