Abraham Jacobi
1830-1919
German-American physician who was a founder of pediatrics as a field of medical specialization in the United States. In 1860 he was appointed to the chair of diseases of child...
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Abraham (1830-1919) and Mary Putnam (1834-1906) Jacobi, husband and wife, were foreign-born American physicians and humanitarians who greatly improved medical care in the United States.Abraham Jacobi ...
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The father of American pediatrics, Abraham Jacobi championed children's care in both academic and medical spheres. During his life, every medical school in the United States established a department o...
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