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abraham jacobi

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Ja⋅co⋅bi

  [juh-koh-bee; for 2 also Ger. yah-koh-bee]
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–noun
1. Abraham, 1830–1919, U.S. pediatrician, born in Germany.
2. Karl Gus⋅tav Ja⋅kob  [kahrl goos-tahf yah-kawp] , 1804–51, German mathematician.
3. Mary Corinna (Putnam), 1842–1906, U.S. physician (wife of Abraham Jacobi).
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Jacobi Ja·co·bi (jə-kō'bē), 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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Abraham Jacobi

German-bornGerman-born physician who established the first clinic for diseases of children in the United States (1860) and is considered the founder of American pediatrics.

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