Origin Consolidated as a specialty over the nineteenth century, marked by dedicated childrens hospitals such as Great Ormond Street Hospital, founded in London in 1852.
Pediatrics is the branch of medicine dealing with the health and medical care of infants, children and adolescents. It emerged as a recognized specialty in the nineteenth century, driven by growing attention to child mortality and the founding of dedicated childrens hospitals such as Londons Hospital for Sick Children at Great Ormond Street in 1852. This atlas records what the historical record supports and is not medical advice.
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Origin PeriodConsolidated as a specialty over the nineteenth century, marked by dedicated childrens hospitals such as Great Ormond Street Hospital, founded in London in 1852. 2 Classification
Type/Classification Pediatrics
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Why did pediatrics emerge as a specialty?
Growing attention to child mortality in the nineteenth century.
Pediatrics emerged as a recognized specialty in the nineteenth century, driven by growing attention to child mortality and the founding of dedicated children's hospitals.
Which early children's hospital is cited in pediatrics history?
The Hospital for Sick Children at Great Ormond Street, founded 1852.
London's Hospital for Sick Children at Great Ormond Street, founded in 1852, is cited as one of the dedicated children's hospitals of that era.
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Associated With
Group of movement disorders from early brain development; pediatrics specialty.
Family physicians care for children
Universal neonatal hearing screening is a standard pediatric preventive care measure.
Notable Specialists
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Source T. Berry Brazelton (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikipedia: Medical specialty
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Medical specialties that focus on the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of disease.
View the Source 2. A History of Medicine
Lois N. Magner, CRC Press- Origin Period: Consolidated as a specialty over the nineteenth century, marked by dedicated childrens hospitals such as Great Ormond Street Hospital, founded in London in 1852.
3. NHS Health Careers: NHS Health Careers: Paediatrics
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conditions that affect infants, children and young people
View the Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Françoise Dolto (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Françoise Dolto, Article textQuote, Notable Specialists: Françoise Dolto, Article text
was a French pediatrician and psychoanalyst
View the Source Frederick Chapman Robbins (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Frederick Chapman Robbins, Lead sentence, specialtyQuote, Notable Specialists: Frederick Chapman Robbins, Lead sentence, specialty
was an American pediatrician and virologist
View the Source Abraham Jacobi (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Abraham Jacobi, Lead section, field of practiceQuote, Notable Specialists: Abraham Jacobi, Lead section, field of practice
was a German physician and pioneer of pediatrics
View the Source Berthold Epstein (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Berthold Epstein, Lead and biographyQuote, Notable Specialists: Berthold Epstein, Lead and biography
was a Czech pediatrician, professor and scientist
View the Source Maria Montessori (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Maria Montessori, Article body [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Maria Montessori, Article body [specialist-in]
becoming an expert in pediatric medicine
View the Source Alina Margolis-Edelman (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Alina Margolis-Edelman, CareerQuote, Notable Specialists: Alina Margolis-Edelman, Career
Margolis-Edelman became a pediatrician, working in the Łódź Pediatric Clinic
View the Source Carl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Carl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Carl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]
Gerhardt is remembered for his pioneer work in pediatrics
View the Source Heinrich von Ranke (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Heinrich von Ranke, Lead paragraphQuote, Notable Specialists: Heinrich von Ranke, Lead paragraph
was a German physiologist and pediatrician
View the Source Emil Pfeiffer (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Emil Pfeiffer, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Emil Pfeiffer, Lead paragraph [specialist-in]
was a German physician and pediatrician
View the Source Dagfinn Aarskog (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Dagfinn Aarskog, Lead sectionQuote, Notable Specialists: Dagfinn Aarskog, Lead section
Dagfinn Aarskog (10 December 1928-27 May 2014) was a Norwegian physician, geneticist, and professor of pediatrics.
View the Source Arthur Schlossmann (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Arthur Schlossmann, Article textQuote, Notable Specialists: Arthur Schlossmann, Article text
was a German pediatrician and social public health specialist
View the Source Albert Niemann (pediatrician) (source article)
Notable Specialists: Albert Niemann (pediatrician), Paragraph 2Quote, Notable Specialists: Albert Niemann (pediatrician), Paragraph 2
He later trained in pediatrics as an assistant at the Säuglingsheim
View the Source Samuel Mitja Rapoport (source article)
Notable Specialists: Samuel Mitja Rapoport, Article text [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Samuel Mitja Rapoport, Article text [specialist-in]
During his tenure at this hospital he served as a pediatrician and earned a second doctorate.
View the Source Beat Richner (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Beat Richner, Lead paragraph and biography, English Wikipedia [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Beat Richner, Lead paragraph and biography, English Wikipedia [specialist-in]
Richner specialized in pediatric care at the Zürich Children's Hospital
View the Source Dorothy Reed Mendenhall (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Dorothy Reed Mendenhall, Work, PediatricsQuote, Notable Specialists: Dorothy Reed Mendenhall, Work, Pediatrics
accepted an internship in pediatrics at the Babies Hospital in New York City
View the Source Edith Lucie Bongo (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Edith Lucie Bongo, Biography, second paragraphQuote, Notable Specialists: Edith Lucie Bongo, Biography, second paragraph
She was a pediatrician, with HIV/AIDS as one of her main focuses.
View the Source Irma LeVasseur (source article)
Notable Specialists: Irma LeVasseur, Lead paragraph [in-group]Quote, Notable Specialists: Irma LeVasseur, Lead paragraph [in-group]
She was a pioneer in pediatric medicine and was the first French-Canadian woman to become a doctor.
View the Source Mary Ellen Avery (source article)
Notable Specialists: Mary Ellen Avery, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: Mary Ellen Avery, Lead
was an American pediatrician
View the Source İhsan Doğramacı (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: İhsan Doğramacı, Hacettepe UniversityQuote, Notable Specialists: İhsan Doğramacı, Hacettepe University
Doğramacı became a Professor of pediatrics in 1955.
View the Source Ernesto Cofiño (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ernesto Cofiño, Life and worksQuote, Notable Specialists: Ernesto Cofiño, Life and works
Cofiño was the first University Professor of Pediatrics in the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala medical school
View the Source Vera Weizmann (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Vera Weizmann, Career [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Vera Weizmann, Career [specialist-in]
Weizmann gave up her work as a pediatrician
View the Source Fernando Mönckeberg Barros (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Fernando Mönckeberg Barros, Academic career, third paragraphQuote, Notable Specialists: Fernando Mönckeberg Barros, Academic career, third paragraph
In 1965, he became a professor of pediatrics at the University of Chile
View the Source Hans D. Ochs (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Hans D. Ochs, Wikipedia article, lead [in-group]Quote, Notable Specialists: Hans D. Ochs, Wikipedia article, lead [in-group]
is an immunologist and pediatrician
View the Source Lisamaria Meirowsky (source article)
Notable Specialists: Lisamaria Meirowsky, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: Lisamaria Meirowsky, Lead
was a German dermatologist and pediatrician
View the Source Felix Würtz (source article)
Notable Specialists: Felix Würtz, Life [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Felix Würtz, Life [specialist-in]
This book is an important contribution to pediatrics.
View the Source Heinrich Willi (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Heinrich Willi, Lead sentence [in-group]Quote, Notable Specialists: Heinrich Willi, Lead sentence [in-group]
was a Swiss pediatrician who specialised in neonatology
View the Source Michael Hermanussen (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Michael Hermanussen, Lead sentence [in-group]Quote, Notable Specialists: Michael Hermanussen, Lead sentence [in-group]
is a German pediatrician and professor at the University of Kiel
View the Source Thomas David Lister (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Thomas David Lister, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: Thomas David Lister, Lead
was a British physician, surgeon, paediatrician, and expert on tuberculosis
View the Source Edward John Lewis (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Edward John Lewis, Lead and biographyQuote, Notable Specialists: Edward John Lewis, Lead and biography
He began his speciality in pediatrics when he took up a position as surgeon at Clergy Orphan School in Marylebone
View the Source Detleff Neumann-Neurode (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Detleff Neumann-Neurode, Article text [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Detleff Neumann-Neurode, Article text [specialist-in]
pioneering German pediatric physical therapist
View the Source Jaime Barros Pérez-Cotapos (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Jaime Barros Pérez-Cotapos, Article lead, professionQuote, Notable Specialists: Jaime Barros Pérez-Cotapos, Article lead, profession
graduated as physician from the University of Chile in 1937, specializing in pediatrics
View the Source Rina Zaizov Marx (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Rina Zaizov Marx, Lead and career textQuote, Notable Specialists: Rina Zaizov Marx, Lead and career text
a renowned pediatrician who specialized in hemato-oncology
View the Source Murray Feingold (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Murray Feingold, Lead, pediatricsQuote, Notable Specialists: Murray Feingold, Lead, pediatrics
was an American pediatrician, geneticist, and founder of the Feingold Center for Children in Waltham, Massachusetts.
View the Source Hanan Costeff (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Hanan Costeff, CareerQuote, Notable Specialists: Hanan Costeff, Career
Costeff acted as a pediatrician in clinics in Kiryat Shmona
View the Source Fe del Mundo (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Fe del Mundo, Lead, specialtyQuote, Notable Specialists: Fe del Mundo, Lead, specialty
(born Fé Primitiva del Mundo y Villanueva; November 27, 1911, August 6, 2011) was a Filipino pediatrician.
View the Source Hobart and William Smith Colleges: Fe del Mundo (Elizabeth Blackwell Award)
Hobart and William Smith CollegesNotable Specialists: Fe del Mundo, Award profile, careerQuote, Notable Specialists: Fe del Mundo, Award profile, career
headed the Department of Pediatrics at Far Eastern University for more than two decades
View the Source Tomisaku Kawasaki (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Tomisaku Kawasaki, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: Tomisaku Kawasaki, Lead
was a Japanese pediatrician who first described the condition now known as Kawasaki disease
View the Source Janusz Korczak (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Janusz Korczak, Lead, specialtyQuote, Notable Specialists: Janusz Korczak, Lead, specialty
was a Polish Jewish pediatrician, educator, children's author and pedagogue
View the Source Gregg L. Semenza (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Gregg L. Semenza, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: Gregg L. Semenza, Lead
is an American pediatrician and Professor of Genetic Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
View the Source Jérôme Lejeune (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Jérôme Lejeune, Lead, field: pediatricsQuote, Notable Specialists: Jérôme Lejeune, Lead, field: pediatrics
was a French pediatrician and geneticist
View the Source Ernst Moro (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ernst Moro, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: Ernst Moro, Lead
was a Slovenian physician and pediatrician who was the first in western medicine to describe an infant reflex
View the Source James Mourilyan Tanner (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: James Mourilyan Tanner, Lead, paediatricsQuote, Notable Specialists: James Mourilyan Tanner, Lead, paediatrics
was a British paediatric endocrinologist who was best known for his development of the Tanner scale
View the Source George Frederic Still (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: George Frederic Still, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: George Frederic Still, Lead
was an English paediatrician who helped to establish paediatrics as a new discipline
View the Source Wikipedia (Italian): Girolamo Mercuriale (Wikipedia, Italian)
Wikipedia (Italian)Notable Specialists: Girolamo Mercuriale, OpereQuote, Notable Specialists: Girolamo Mercuriale, Opere
Oltre a questo originale argomento scrisse opere di pediatria, di balneoterapia, di malattie della pelle, di tossicologia.
View the Source Arvo Ylppö (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Arvo Ylppö, Lead, professor of pediatricsQuote, Notable Specialists: Arvo Ylppö, Lead, professor of pediatrics
professor of pediatrics who significantly decreased Finnish infant mortality
View the Source Zofia Zamenhof (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Zofia Zamenhof, Lead, pediatricianQuote, Notable Specialists: Zofia Zamenhof, Lead, pediatrician
was a Polish pediatrician and a daughter of Klara Silbernik
View the Source Nils Rosén von Rosenstein (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Nils Rosén von Rosenstein, Lead, pediatricsQuote, Notable Specialists: Nils Rosén von Rosenstein, Lead, pediatrics
He is considered the founder of modern pediatrics
View the Source Theodor Escherich (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Theodor Escherich, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: Theodor Escherich, Lead
German-Austrian pediatrician
View the Source Cicely Williams (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Cicely Williams, Early lifeQuote, Notable Specialists: Cicely Williams, Early life
Williams decided to specialise in paediatrics
View the Source Joycelyn Elders (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Joycelyn Elders, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: Joycelyn Elders, Lead
is an American pediatrician and public health administrator
View the Source T. Berry Brazelton (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: T. Berry Brazelton, Neonatal behaviorQuote, Notable Specialists: T. Berry Brazelton, Neonatal behavior
Brazelton's foremost achievement in pediatrics and child development
View the Source Luther Emmett Holt (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Luther Emmett Holt, LifeQuote, Notable Specialists: Luther Emmett Holt, Life
He pioneered the science of pediatrics
View the Source Harry Angelman (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Harry Angelman, Lead, professionQuote, Notable Specialists: Harry Angelman, Lead, profession
consultant paediatrician who originally identified Angelman syndrome
View the Source Gianna Beretta Molla (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Gianna Beretta Molla, LifeQuote, Notable Specialists: Gianna Beretta Molla, Life
where she specialised in paediatrics
View the Source Ingeborg Rapoport (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Ingeborg Rapoport, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: Ingeborg Rapoport, Lead
As a pediatrician, she helped to considerably reduce infant mortality in East Germany
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