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First Edition: 2013

It is exhilarating to see the metamorphosis of the Department of Pediatrics from caterpillar to butterfly with rainbow colors attempting to reach the zenith of academic advances.

Pediatric Milestones a book which shows repect to the great personalities who dedicated their lives in the field of pediatrics. This book explains how the field of pediatrics originated and became a giant subject. Wish Dr Sunil Natha Mhaske for his contribution regarding this field and wish him to fly high with seven colors.

Pediatric Milestones by Dr Sunil Natha Mhaske is the excellent collection of historical aspect in the developments of medical field and history of pediatrics. This is not only informative but this improves the knowledge of medical students.

It is my proud privilege to write Foreword for this book by Dr Sunil Natha Mhaske, who with his sincere endeavor and concerted efforts compiled the immortal medical contributions made by generations from ancient times to modern era. I am overwhelmed to see his academic flourish. Having researched on anthology of pediatrics, one realizes how much we owe our teachers of the bye gone era. It is not often these days that students maintain guru-shishya relationship with their teachers and mentors.

Pediatric Milestones is a journey of pediatrics from ancient time to till date. Swami Vivekananda said that, “Those who read the history, never make mistakes.” In today's fast life, no one has time to peep into the past. During teaching, we also forget these great persons who had made these inventions or discoveries in our field. In this book, I have tried to put light on these pediatric and pediatric-related milestone persons. I hope that this book will be little bit helpful to medical fraternity. I have tried my best to cover all the history related to pediatrics. Basically, it is the tribute to all the great persons who contributed to this field. In subsequent editions, I will try to get history related to Pediatric Hematology, Pediatric Oncology, etc.