Jacobi

Jacobi definition - medical

Ja·co·bi (jə-kōˈbē), Abraham 1830-1919.

German-born American physician who established a children's clinic in New York (1860) and is considered the founder of American pediatrics. His wife, Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi (1842-1906), also a physician, helped expand opportunities for women in medical education.

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