Report on the clinic for diseases of children : held in the New York Medical College session 1860-61 : with essays on some of the more important points of infantile therapeutics / by A. Jacobi.
- Jacobi, A. (Abraham), 1830-1919.
- Date:
- 1861
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Credit: Report on the clinic for diseases of children : held in the New York Medical College session 1860-61 : with essays on some of the more important points of infantile therapeutics / by A. Jacobi. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[From the American Medical Monthit for June, 1861.] 1. REPORT. When, in the autumn of 18G0, the Faculty of the New York Med- ical College was reorganized, it was thought proper to teach several branches of medical science separately. Infantile pathology and ther- apeutics was determined upon to form a distinct part of medical in- struction, and a special chair was established for that purpose. The large number of infantile patients in general practice, the difficulty of diagnosticating their diseases, the importance of physical diagnosis and close observation applied to their ailments, the modification of physiolog- ical, and therefore pathological actions and symptoms, in early life, the care necessary in selecting the remedies and determining their doses in diseases of infancy and childhood, the occurrence of a number of dis- eases exclusively, or almost so, peculiar to early life, appeared to ren- der this course exceedingly proper. As a special study of infantile diseases has been generally acknowledged to be a necessity, the pro- fession, in my opiuion, has the right of, as well as interest in, knowing in what manner and to what extent the proposed aim has been reached. The following report will show that the poor of this city and neigh- boring places have not been slow in recognizing the help offered them. A large number of neglected or obstinate cases were brought to the new institution, some from great distances, to be relieved or cured, and a number of others that had been given up as hopeless were presented for the purpose of obtaining a final opinion. Thus the students of the college have had the opportunity of seeing infantile diseases to a con- siderable extent; the more so, as particular care was taken to accus- tom them to diagnosis and selection of remedies. Every single case that was presented in the two clinical hours a week, was given in charge of a member of the advanced class, who had to examine, re- port, and prescribe, before any remarks were made by the teacher. Then, at last, the case was commented upon for its own merits, by comparison with general experience, and with reference to the theoret-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21132707_0003.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
