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Abraham Jacobi (May 6, 1830 - July 10, 1919) was a pioneer of pediatrics, opening the first children's clinic in the United States. To date, he is the only foreign born president of the American Medical Association.
Born in Hartum, Westphalia, he received an MD at Bonn University in 1851. Shortly thereafter, Jacobi joined the revolutionary movement in Germany (see Revolution of 1848). He was eventually convicted of treason and imprisoned until he escaped in 1853. Upon release, Jacobi sailed to England and then to New York.
Starting in 1861 at the New York Medical College, 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. He taught at Columbia University from 1870 to 1902.
He helped found the American Journal of Obstetrics.
His wife, Mary Putnam Jacobi, 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, New York
- (German) Mindener Tageblatt 23.02.2007
- Abraham Jacobi and Carl Schurz Memorial Park in Bolton Landing, New York
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