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Abraham Jacobi (May 6, 1830 - July 10, 1919) was a pioneer of pediatrics
Pediatrics

Differences between adult and pediatric medicinePediatrics differs from adult medicine in many respects. The obvious body size differences are paralleled by maturational changes....
, opening the first children's clinic in the United States
United States

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. To date, he is the only foreign born president of the American Medical Association
American Medical Association

The American Medical Association , founded in 1847 and incorporated 1897, is the largest association of physicians and medical students in the United States....
.

Born in Hartum, Westphalia
Westphalia

Westphalia is a region in Germany, centred on the cities of Bielefeld, Bochum, Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, M?nster, and Osnabr?ck and included in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony....
, he received an MD
Doctor of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine is a Doctorate for physicians . The degree is granted from medical schools.It is a first professional degree in some countries, including the United States and Canada, although training is entered after obtaining at least 90 hours of university level work ....
 at Bonn University in 1851. Shortly thereafter, Jacobi joined the revolutionary movement in Germany
Germany

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 (see Revolution of 1848). He was eventually convicted of treason
Treason

In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more serious acts of loyalty to one's sovereignty or nation. Historically, treason also covered the murder of specific social superiors, such as the murder of a husband by his wife ....
 and imprisoned until he escaped in 1853.






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Abraham Jacobi (May 6, 1830 - July 10, 1919) was a pioneer of pediatrics
Pediatrics

Differences between adult and pediatric medicinePediatrics differs from adult medicine in many respects. The obvious body size differences are paralleled by maturational changes....
, opening the first children's clinic in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. To date, he is the only foreign born president of the American Medical Association
American Medical Association

The American Medical Association , founded in 1847 and incorporated 1897, is the largest association of physicians and medical students in the United States....
.

Born in Hartum, Westphalia
Westphalia

Westphalia is a region in Germany, centred on the cities of Bielefeld, Bochum, Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, M?nster, and Osnabr?ck and included in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony....
, he received an MD
Doctor of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine is a Doctorate for physicians . The degree is granted from medical schools.It is a first professional degree in some countries, including the United States and Canada, although training is entered after obtaining at least 90 hours of university level work ....
 at Bonn University in 1851. Shortly thereafter, Jacobi joined the revolutionary movement in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 (see Revolution of 1848). He was eventually convicted of treason
Treason

In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more serious acts of loyalty to one's sovereignty or nation. Historically, treason also covered the murder of specific social superiors, such as the murder of a husband by his wife ....
 and imprisoned until he escaped in 1853. Upon release, Jacobi sailed to England
England

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 and then to New York
New York

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.

Starting in 1861 at the New York Medical College
New York Medical College

New York Medical College, aka New York Med or NYMC, is a private graduate health sciences university based in Westchester County, New York, an affluent suburb of New York City and a part of the New York Metropolitan Area....
, he was a professor of childhood diseases. From 1867 to 1870, he was chair of the medical department of the City University of New York
City University of New York

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. He taught at Columbia University
Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York , is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights, Manhattan neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City....
 from 1870 to 1902.

He helped found the American Journal of Obstetrics.

His wife, Mary Putnam Jacobi
Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi

Mary Corinna Putnam was an United States physician, writer, and suffragist who was the first woman to become a member of the Faculté de Médecine de Paris....
, was also a physician. She was the first woman student at L'École de Médecine in Paris, France.

In Memoriam

  • Abraham Jacobi and Carl Schurz Memorial Park in Bolton Landing, New York


See also

  • Jacobi Medical Center
    Jacobi Medical Center

    Jacobi Medical Center is a municipal hospital located in the Morris Park section of the Bronx, New York City located at 1400 Pelham Parkway South....
    , New York
  • Abraham Jacobi and Carl Schurz Memorial Park in Bolton Landing, New York