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Father of Pediatrics

What: Established pediatrics as a medical field
When: 1853
Where: 20 Howard Street, Manhattan

May 07, 2013 | Categories: All stories, Consolidation (1855-1897), Health & Medicine, Scientists & Institutions, SoHo | Tags: 20 Howard Street, Abraham Jacobi, calomel, children, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York Medical College, Nursery and Child's Hospital of New York, pediatrics | Leave A Comment »


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