This article requires a subscription to view the full text. If you have a subscription you may use the login form below to view the article. Access to this article can also be purchased.
Although events occur in every year, we tend to concentrate on (or attach special significance to) those years which end in a zero, largely because they end (or possibly start) a decade, a century, or even a millennium.
Since this is 2020, we have reached the 20th anniversary of the publication of NeoReviews as an online-only journal (6 issues were published jointly with Pediatrics in Review at the end of 1999). This makes us think about where we have come from and where we might be going. At this point in my life, I am more inclined to reflection than to prognostication and offer some thoughts on important events that made an impact on me and my colleagues in medicine during my lifetime.
1960
This was the start of my final year at medical school, which clearly was an important time for me personally. However, the more important event that deserves recognition is that this was the year of publication of the first edition of the text by Alexander Shaffer entitled Diseases of the Newborn (which later became …
Individual Login
Institutional Login
You may be able to gain access using your login credentials for your institution. Contact your librarian or administrator if you do not have a username and password.
Log in through your institution
Pay Per Article - You may access this article (from the computer you are currently using) for 2 days for US$25.00
Regain Access - You can regain access to a recent Pay per Article purchase if your access period has not yet expired.