title: A history of neonatal medicine-past accomplishments, lessons learned, and future challenges. Part 1-the first century.
abstract: This is the first of two articles that will review the history of neonatal medicine. This article will describe the beginnings of the modern era of newborn medicine, review pharmacological misadventures, and describe recent advances in the fields of neonatal and perinatal medicine.
authors.affiliation: The Newborn Intensive Care Unit at Hennepin County Medical Center and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota's School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
authors.forename: Richard C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Lussky
authors.forename: Raul F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Cifuentes
authors.forename: Ashajyothi M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Siddappa
keywords: incubator; infant mortality rate; neonatal medicine; pharmacological misadventures; surfactant