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.
Facts
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 FAQs
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.
Connections
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
Source Abraham Jacobi (Wikipedia)
Source Albert Niemann (pediatrician) (source article)
Source Alina Margolis-Edelman (Wikipedia)
Al-Razi is widely credited as an early pioneer of pediatric medicine, first to differentiate smallpox and measles.
Source Arthur Schlossmann (Wikipedia)
Source Beat Richner (Wikipedia)
Benjamin Spock, author of Baby and Child Care, was a practicing pediatrician.
Source Berthold Epstein (Wikipedia)
Source Carl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt (Wikipedia)
Source Dagfinn Aarskog (Wikipedia)
Source Dorothy Reed Mendenhall (Wikipedia)
Source Edith Lucie Bongo (Wikipedia)
Source Emil Pfeiffer (Wikipedia)
Source Françoise Dolto (Wikipedia)
Source Frederick Chapman Robbins (Wikipedia)
Source Heinrich von Ranke (Wikipedia)
Source Irma LeVasseur (source article)
Source Maria Montessori (Wikipedia)
Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the first African-American woman to earn an MD in the US, wrote on maternal and child health.
Source Samuel Mitja Rapoport (source article)
Treats
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Medical specialty
WikipediaClassification tableQuote, Classification table
Medical specialties that focus on the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of disease.
2. A History of Medicine
Lois N. Magner, CRC Press
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Françoise Dolto (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Françoise Dolto, Article textQuote, Notable Specialists: Françoise Dolto, Article text
was a French pediatrician and psychoanalyst
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
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
Berthold Epstein (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Berthold Epstein, Lead and biographyQuote, Notable Specialists: Berthold Epstein, Lead and biography
was a Czech pediatrician, professor and scientist
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
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
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
Heinrich von Ranke (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Heinrich von Ranke, Lead paragraphQuote, Notable Specialists: Heinrich von Ranke, Lead paragraph
was a German physiologist and pediatrician
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
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.
Arthur Schlossmann (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Arthur Schlossmann, Article textQuote, Notable Specialists: Arthur Schlossmann, Article text
was a German pediatrician and social public health specialist
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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