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2500 BCE
Edwin Smith Papyrus
The Edwin Smith Papyrus is one of the oldest surviving document on medical literary and surgery. -
1552 BCE
Ebers Papyrus
The Ebers Papyrus was written around 1552 BC but was founded in 1872. In this Egyptian document it discussed breastfeeding, a cure for worms,and treatment of eye diseases. -
400 BCE
Hippocrates
Hippocrates wrote about many things relating to pediatrics health. The issues he wrote about relating to pediatrics health is mumps, clubfoot, diarrhea,worms, and more. -
200 BCE
Galen
Galen was a Roman physician to Gladiators. But Galen described cases of children with ear discharge, pneumonia, and intestinal prolapse. -
100
Soranus of Ephesus
Soranus of Ephesus was a Greek physician who created the fingernail test to check the fat content and quality of breast milk. -
500
First Spanish Hospital
The first Spanish Hospital was created in Merida, Spain. -
932
Rhazes
Rhazes studied and taught in Baghdad. Rhazes was one of the first medical scholars to write an entire treatise on children. -
990
Avicenna
Avicenna was a great Arabian physician. Avicenna discovered convulsions, worms, meningitis, and umbilical abscess. -
1340
Bubonic Plague
The Bubonic Plague was one of the devastating pandemics in history. This plague had killed a lot of people that were both adults and children. -
1514
Andreas Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius dissected human bodies and drew sketches of what it looked like. Andreas is known as the founder of modern human anatomy. -
1514
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci was also helped out Andreas with the dissecting of human bodies and drawing sketches of what he discovered. -
Hieronymous
Wrote the first printed book about children. The book was entitled De Morbis Pusiorum. -
William Harvey
William Harvey was an English physician who made contributes in physiology and anatomy. William Harvey made a huge breakthrough by studying dogs and discovering that the heart pumped blood around the body and that the heart had two distinct beating halves. -
Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner was an English doctor who experimented on an eight year old named James Phipps. Jenner used the fluid from cowpox to prevent smallpox. -
Dr. Eli Ives
Dr. Eli Ives gave lectures to students at Yale about disease in children and other medical topics. -
Stethoscope
Stethoscope is an important tool that was invented in France by René Laennec -
Dr. William Potts Dewees
Dr. William Potts Dewees was the an American physician who published one of the first textbooks known as "Treatise on the Physical and Medical Treatment of Children". -
Dr. George Logan
Dr. George Logan was a physician who wrote one of the first pediatric textbooks known as "Practical Observations on Disease Children". -
William Olser
William Olser was a Canadian physician who had an early league in pediatrics. -
Robert Koch
Robert Koch was a German physician and pioneering microbiologist. -
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell was the first women to graduate from a U.S. medical school and then go and study at children's hospitals in London, Scotland, and Paris. Later she returned to help start the New York Infirmary for Women and Children. -
First children 's hospital
The hospital for sick children in London, England was the first hospital devoted exclusively to the treatment of children. -
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
American children were treated in adult hospitals until 1855,when The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia was established -
New York Medical College
The school known as New York Medical College started a regular professorship for the disease of children. -
Dr. Abraham Jacobi
Dr. Abraham Jacobi is considered to be father of American pediatrics and was given a teaching chair in pediatrics at New York Medical College in 1861 that allowed him to teach the pathology of infancy and childhood. -
Dr. Emily Partridge Bacon
Dr. Emily Partridge Bacon was the first pediatric specialist in Philadelphia. -
The American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of pediatrics was founded by a group of 35 pediatricians to address pediatric healthcare standards. The AAP also encourages other doctors to explore specialized treatment for children and babies. -
Dr. Natalia Tanner
Dr. Natalia Tanner was the first African American pediatrician on the staff of Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit. -
The Apgar Score
The Apgar score was created by Dr. Virginia Apgar. This test was done twice after a newborns birth. Once at one minute and five minutes after birth. This test is done to evaluate the condition of the newborn. -
American Legion Hospital
The American Legion Hospital was opened in St. Petersburg for crippled children.
