Historical Development - Child health Nursing

The Historical development of Child Health nursing

1. Historical Development of Child Health Nursing By: Ms. Chuchhitra Thongam Pediatric Department

2. Introduction

3. History The first citation of Quality of Breast Milk and Child Hygiene Was in 225 BC in Indian " Sushruta Samtrita " Hippocrates , a Greek Philosopher (370-460BC)also known as the " Father of Modern Medicine" has made Significant Contributions on disease found in children. The first Indian Pediatricians were Kshyapa and Jeevaka (6th century) . They worked on children disease and child care. This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND .

4. Cont...... 6 . Charak was the court Physician of Peshawar . He wrote on " Care and Management of Newborn" in his Sansthan and Ashtanga Hridayam. This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA .

5. 7. Arab Physician Rhazes (850-923 AD) wrote the first book on the disease of Children. 8. In 1472 AD, first book written on pediatrics named " Bagallarder's " was printed in Italian. This book was related to disease of children. This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC .

6. Cont....... 1 2. In 1800s , under the Influence of Abraham Jacob, a Prussian Physician , the study of Pediatric Began.  13. In 1860, Abraham Jacob established first child clinic in New York and started giving special Lectures on disease of children. This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND .

7. Cont....... 1 5. In 1923, the first Creche was opened in India to provide day care to children. 16.In 1946, the United Nations International Children Emergency Fund was created by United Nations. In 1948, Virgina Apgar, an anesthesiologist in New York City, developed and tested a Newborn Scoring System.