TY  - JOUR
T1  - COmmentary
AU  - FULGINITI VA
Y1  - 1989/02/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150140138037
JO  - American Journal of Diseases of Children
SP  - 244
EP  - 244
VL  - 143
IS  - 2
N2  - Historical perspectives are important to any discipline; in pediatrics, learning of our antecedents often teaches us much about our current ethos. Our customs, habits, interests, and behavior are often conditioned by what went before, although we may be unaware of the historic train that brought us to the present. AJDC believes that it is useful to remind ourselves periodically of our past, and of the evolutionary steps our forebearers made in the development of our profession.In 1930, Dr Ruhräh summarized the life and times of George Armstrong. Dr Bloch, in this issue of AJDC, gives us a modern reminder of this pioneering Scottish physician. Armstrong's "imperative duty" is reminiscent of many pediatricians' attitudes and behavior today. He saw evil in the way children were treated and in the ravages of poverty and attendant disease, and took steps, brave ones in his day, to assist these children in their plight.
SN  - 0002-922X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150140138037
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150140138037
ER  -