Nemours Children's Health /

In 1935, American industrialist Alfred I. duPont sparked what would become a model of pediatric medical and research excellence. With an endowed trust, his widow, Jessie Ball duPont, established the Nemours Foundation, In 1940, the foundation opened the Alfred I. duPont Institute, a small pediatric...

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Main Author: Moss, R. Lawrence.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, 2021.
Series:Images of America
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Summary: In 1935, American industrialist Alfred I. duPont sparked what would become a model of pediatric medical and research excellence. With an endowed trust, his widow, Jessie Ball duPont, established the Nemours Foundation, In 1940, the foundation opened the Alfred I. duPont Institute, a small pediatric orthopedic hospital on the duPont estate in Wilmington, Delaware. Today, duPont's legacy lives on at Nemours Children's Health, the nation's only multistate pediatric health care network ..."--Back cover
Physical Description: 127 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9781467106238
1467106232