Sep 14, 2016
Sara Josephine Baker, M.D. (1873-1945): American physician notable for her contributions to public health, especially in the immigrant communities of New York City; the first director of the New York City Bureau of Child Hygiene, the first such bureau in the country
“The way to keep people from dying from disease, it struck me suddenly, was to keep them from falling ill. Healthy people don’t die. It sounds like a completely witless remark, but at that time it was a startling idea. Preventative medicine had hardly been born yet and had no promotion in public health work.” — Fighting For Life