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First Generally Accepted Pediatric Hospital
Hopital Des Enfants Malades opened in Paris. -
Two of the First Textbooks in Pediatrics are Published
"Treatise on the Physical and Medical Treatment of Children" by Dr. William Potts Dewees and "Practical Observations on Diseases of Children" by Dr. George Logan -
New York Medical College starts a regular professorship for the diseases of children in 1860
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American Pediatric Society is established
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"Baby Camp"
Set up in tents on lawns. The initial purpose was to treat babies with summer diarrhea.
