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PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS

BORDEN S. VEEDER, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1935;50(1):1-10.

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In the twenty-five years that have passed since 1910 when I attended my first meeting of this society, the growth and development of pediatrics have been among the remarkable phenomena of American medicine. This holds true whether one considers the part pediatrics has played in the total growth of medical sciences, scientific investigation and the material growth of clinics and hospitals, the position of pediatrics in the structure of medical education, the place it occupies in medical practice or the part it has played in the changed social relationships of medicine, as in every phase the development has been striking. It has been a rare privilege to watch this change taking place and to be associated with the members of the American Pediatric Society, who have furnished the leadership in this development.

This development may be looked on as reflecting the rapid changes that have taken place in the environment . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ST. LOUIS

Footnotes
Read at the meeting of the American Pediatric Society at Cleveland, May 2, 1935.

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