Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Abraham Jacobi
Born: May 6, 1830
Died: July 10, 1919 (aged 89)
Bio: Abraham Jacobi was a German physician and 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. He helped found the American Journal of Obstetrics.
Known for:
- Therapeutics of Infancy and Childhood (1896)
- A Treatise on Diphtheria (1880)