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Abraham Jacobi "the father of pedatrics"
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The first Children's Hospital opened in the United States. It was opened in Philedelphia, Pennsylvania. It marks for where pedatrics first started,
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During the Civil War pediatrics was considered obstetrics in the United States
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By the 1900's 10 schools of medicine had full time pediatricians
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37 nurses were employed
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The Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921 provided money to improved child health which resulted in the employment of many nurses in infant welfare centers, maternity centers & educational classes for mothers, midwives, and mothers' helpers.
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Nursing became a big job again
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promoted normal child development
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Today there is a blase for children's health care, where school nurses and pediatric nurses adress epidemices such as child obesity, asthma, mental health and behavioral problems