Carl Rüedi

Carl Rüedi
Born(1848-04-21)April 21, 1848 (or 23?)
Davos, canton of Graubünden, Switzerland
DiedJune 17, 1901(1901-06-17) (aged 53)
Arosa, canton of Graubünden, Switzerland
Occupationpulmonologist
Known fortreating Robert Louis Stevenson

Carl Rüedi (April 21 (or 23?), 1848 – June 17, 1901) was a Swiss pulmonologist and at his lifetime one of the best-known physicians in Graubünden.

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".

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