Arvo Ylppö

Arvo Henrik Ylppö (October 27,1887 – January 27, 1992) was a Finnish pediatrician who significantly decreased Finnish infant mortality during the 20th century. He is often referred to as the Dr. Benjamin Spock of Finland.Ylppö was born in 1887 in Akaa, Finland into a farming family. He was apparently born premature and remained small in stature in his later life. He entered the University of Helsinki in 1906 and decided to specialize in pediatric medicine. 1912 he moved to Kaiser's children hospital in Berlin, Germany where he wrote his thesis about infants' bilirubin metabolism in 1913. It was printed in Germany. He graduated as a medical doctor in March 1914 in Helsinki.
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