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14.11.2024

Coney Island

German Jew Sparked the Birth of Neonatology in America

In the early 1900's doctors in America did not care for premature infants. They believed that premature babies were genetically inferior "weaklings" whose fate was a matter for God. Babies born prematurely in America at that time were not treated, the vast majority of whom were destined to die.

BBC Magazine 23.05.16