Dr. Emily Bacon | |
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| Born | February 10, 1891 |
| Died | 1972 |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | Degree in Wilson College, Doctor of Medicine from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Alma mater | Wilson College |
| Occupation | Pediatrician |
| Years active | 49 |
| Employer | Lankenau Medical Center |
| Known for | Establishment of first “well-baby clinic" |
| Notable work | “The Problems of Health Agencies As We See Them ,”, "Practical Aspects of Infant Feeding.” "When a Peritonsillar Abscess Is Not a Peritonsillar Abscess: Using Bedside Emergency Ultrasound to Change the Diagnosis" , "Plasma Membrane NADH Oxidase of Maize Roots Responds to Gravity and Imposed Centrifugal Forces.” |
Emily Partridge Bacon was the first physician in Philadelphia to devote her practice exclusively to pediatrics. She introduced numerous innovations in her fifty-year hospital career, including the creation of a "well-baby" clinic, and a counseling service for troubled children. She was also a much-loved teacher and combined her clinical practice with a teaching career at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania for over thirty years.