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 Alina Margolis-Edelman (Wikipedia)
Al-Razi is widely credited as an early pioneer of pediatric medicine, first to differentiate smallpox and measles.
Benjamin Spock, author of Baby and Child Care, was a practicing pediatrician.
Source Berthold Epstein (Wikipedia)
Source Carl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt (Wikipedia)
Source Emil Pfeiffer (Wikipedia)
Source Françoise Dolto (Wikipedia)
Source Frederick Chapman Robbins (Wikipedia)
Source Heinrich von Ranke (Wikipedia)
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.
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
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