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Chapter-05 1501–2000 AD

BOOK TITLE: Pediatric Milestones

Author
1. Mhaske Sunil Natha
2. Aher Gautam Shantinath
ISBN
9789350903056
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11948_5
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2013
Pages
112
Author Affiliations
1. Padmashree Dr Vithalrao Vikhe Patil Foundation’s Medical College and Hospital, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India
2. Padmashree Dr Vithalrao Vikhe Patil Foundation’s Medical College and Hospital, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India
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Scientists who made pioneering discoveries and described and enlightened various aspects of medical science and related works for the very first time in the history, and short description about their findings with various key outcomes in serendipity, during 1501 to 2000 AD, like measles outbreak in Cuba, first English language book on paediatrics, first description of systemic circulation, Hieronymus first printed book on children, first cloth diaper, first case reported of penile duplication, discoverer of wharton’s jelly, first time discovery of Bartholin Patau syndrome, Infanticide act, sydenham’s chorea, founder of single celled organism, first person to write on cyanotic congenital heart disease, microbiology related pioneering outcomes from Leeuwenhoek, Borelli, Lady Mary, etc. pathology and medicine related scientists and their dedicated contributions which metamorphosed the era like Morton, Paul Gottlieb Werlhof, Robert Bunon, Nils Rosen, James Lind, George Armstrong and others, various first time written and documented books, literatures, concepts, and publications by dedicated and hardworking humans in field of science in general and medicine in particular, numerous visionary personalities and icons who had futuristic view and experimented within and outside their field, to establish exemplary hospitals, centres, body’s, and organisations with expectations of gaining fruits for mankind in near and long term race of life and its better survival in earth like Sir Thomas Watson, Alfred Donne, Austin Flint, Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchov, Theodor Bilharz. short and specific historical milestones with establishment of some of largest oldest and incomparable and unbeatable hospitals and institutions of the time like children’s hospital Boston, Some techniques, nomenclatures, terminologies and coining of terms with concepts and written articles like sickle cell anaemia, tuberculin, technique of lumber puncture, sphygmomanometer, first repair of aortic coarctation, this was the era when most of newer instruments and techniques were came into picture, technology started invading into field of science and surgical approach started shaping into specific and purposeful direction with various first time surgical approaches coming into picture, including discoveries of vaccines and tests which transformed the world of clinical approach from a caterpillar to a butterfly, and made the preventive strategy stronger along with taking into account all newer procedures like use of ultrasound, birth control, blood transfusions, advances in endocrinology, the era with boosting intrest from world organisations like WHO and also stronger contributions from Indian and other Asian communities like first Professor of paediatrics Dr S T Achar, UNICEF, concept of chair of paediatrics, contribution from Dr Andrija Stampar, Abraham George Thomas John Walsh, Russell M Nelson, describtions of various laws made during this period, many yojanas (programmes), national and International days celebrated, Historical steps taken.

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