Hyderabad, India - The Pediatric specially was officially introduced in
the USA in 1861 by German Doctor Abraham Jacobi.
Dr. Jacobi was a
German Pediatrician is considered to be the ‘Father of American Pediatrics’. He
shifted to New York in 1853 and set-up the pediatrics chair at the New York
Medical College in1861 organized several pediatric societies began publication
of several Pediatric Journals and developed children departments in several New
York hospitals.
Along with Jacobi pioneers such as Luther Emmett Holt
(1855-1924) in New York Forsyth Miens (1818-1882) in Philadelphia and William
Mckim.
The American Academy
of Pediatrics Academy of Pediatrics was set-up in 1930 by a group of 35
Pediatricians to promote positive in care given to children.
They enmousurged
follow doctors to explore specialized treatments rather than treating babies
and children as ‘miniature adults”.
The writings of these
men emphasized that children have a unique physiology and sadistically
different mental and physical development. The first separate Pediatrics
hospital was set-up in Philadelphia in 1855.
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