Review

The Evolution of Pediatrics in Portugal: A Historical Overview

Volume: 23 Number: 4 February 20, 2024
EN

The Evolution of Pediatrics in Portugal: A Historical Overview

Abstract

In Portugal, the practice of children´s medicine is related to Dona Estefania Hospital, in Lisbon, the first pediatric hospital in the country, open in the last quarter of the 19th century. The very first doctors to care for children came from adult´s medicine, but they had great interest and understanding of children´s characteristics. The first full Professor, Jaime Ernesto Salazar d`Eça e Sousa, received his graduation at Boston University. He came back to Lisbon in 1897 as a specialist in orthopedics and pediatrician of medicine and surgery and started undergraduate and postgraduate pediatrics education. The evolution of pediatrics in the world over nearly the last 150 years has been astonishing, and Portugal has followed this evolution. Nowadays, Portuguese pediatrics is modern and organized and delivers the best health care, resulting in the best data to be found concerning all mortality rates in pediatrics.

Keywords

References

  1. Actas da Sociedade de Sciencias Medicas de Lisboa. Sessao de 13 de Março de 1926. google scholar
  2. Areias C. Alocuçâo inaugural pelo Presidente da Sociedade Portuguesa de Pediatria. Ano Academico de 1964-1965. Revista Portuguesa de Pediatria 1965; 28 (Maio e Junho): 1-5 (Separata). google scholar
  3. Associaçâo do Hospital de Crianças Maria Pia (Antigo Real Hospital de Creanças Maria Pia). Pequena Historia de uma Grande Obra de Assistencia as Criancinhas Pobres e Doentes (1882-1967). Monografia. Porto: 1967. google scholar
  4. Benoliel S. Subs^dios para a Historia da Pediatria em Portugal. Rev Port de Pediatr e Puericultura 1938;1; 122-8 (Separata). google scholar
  5. Bessa JS. Breve historia do Hospital Pediatrico de Coimbra. Saude Infantil.1987; Ano IX (2): 2013-12. google scholar
  6. Carmona da Mota H. Os primeiros tempos do Hospital Pediatrico de Coimbra. Editorial. Saude Infantil 2007; 29:3-7. google scholar
  7. Castro-Freire L. Prof. Jaime Salazar de Sousa. Lisboa Medica, 1940;10:363-8. google scholar
  8. Celestino da Costa A. Professor Jaime Salazar de Sousa. Discurso proferido no seu funeral. Revista de Pediatria e Puericultura. 1940; III (4): 151-4. google scholar

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Paediatrics (Other)

Journal Section

Review

Publication Date

February 20, 2024

Submission Date

July 17, 2023

Acceptance Date

October 17, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Volume: 23 Number: 4

APA
Neto, M. T., & Videira Amaral, J. M. (2024). The Evolution of Pediatrics in Portugal: A Historical Overview. Çocuk Dergisi, 23(4), 379-383. https://doi.org/10.26650/jchild.2023.1327381
AMA
1.Neto MT, Videira Amaral JM. The Evolution of Pediatrics in Portugal: A Historical Overview. Çocuk Dergisi. 2024;23(4):379-383. doi:10.26650/jchild.2023.1327381
Chicago
Neto, Maria Teresa, and João M. Videira Amaral. 2024. “The Evolution of Pediatrics in Portugal: A Historical Overview”. Çocuk Dergisi 23 (4): 379-83. https://doi.org/10.26650/jchild.2023.1327381.
EndNote
Neto MT, Videira Amaral JM (February 1, 2024) The Evolution of Pediatrics in Portugal: A Historical Overview. Çocuk Dergisi 23 4 379–383.
IEEE
[1]M. T. Neto and J. M. Videira Amaral, “The Evolution of Pediatrics in Portugal: A Historical Overview”, Çocuk Dergisi, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 379–383, Feb. 2024, doi: 10.26650/jchild.2023.1327381.
ISNAD
Neto, Maria Teresa - Videira Amaral, João M. “The Evolution of Pediatrics in Portugal: A Historical Overview”. Çocuk Dergisi 23/4 (February 1, 2024): 379-383. https://doi.org/10.26650/jchild.2023.1327381.
JAMA
1.Neto MT, Videira Amaral JM. The Evolution of Pediatrics in Portugal: A Historical Overview. Çocuk Dergisi. 2024;23:379–383.
MLA
Neto, Maria Teresa, and João M. Videira Amaral. “The Evolution of Pediatrics in Portugal: A Historical Overview”. Çocuk Dergisi, vol. 23, no. 4, Feb. 2024, pp. 379-83, doi:10.26650/jchild.2023.1327381.
Vancouver
1.Maria Teresa Neto, João M. Videira Amaral. The Evolution of Pediatrics in Portugal: A Historical Overview. Çocuk Dergisi. 2024 Feb. 1;23(4):379-83. doi:10.26650/jchild.2023.1327381