Pediatrics
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Pediatrics, also spelled paediatrics and also known as underage medicine, is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, toddlers, children, adolescents, and young adults. Within
A pediatrician inspects a patient's lymph nodes
Part of Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, United Kingdom, which was the first pediatric hospital in the English-speaking world.
Abraham Jacobi
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Abraham Jacobi was a German physician and pioneer of pediatrics. He was a key figure in the movement to improve child healthcare and welfare in the United States and opened the first children's clinic
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…in observation and theory—specifically in chemistry, biology, and anatomopathology. The term pediatrics was first introduced in English in 1859 by Abraham Jacobi. In 1860, he became "the first dedicated professor of pediatrics in the world." Jacobi is known as the father of American pediatrics because of his…
Jacobi in 1912
Jacobi Medical Center in New York City