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Professor Mihail Manicatide is one of the coryphaei of Romanian medicine, whose contribution to the development of the Romanian medical sciences places him amongst the great personalities, school founders like: Nicolae C. Paulescu, Victor Babes, Ion Cantacuzino, Gheorghe Marinescu etc. Founder of the Romanian school of pediatrics by creating the Pediatrics Schools of Iasi and Bucharest, founder of scientific pediatrics as an approach to child pathology, where the laboratory and clinical research are a natural combination, author of the first pediatrics and child therapeutics treaties, will establish in 1929 the Romanian Society of Pediatrics, a science forum that encapsulates the whole pediatrics thought and practice. Student and disciple of the great scholar that was Victor Babes, knowledgeable of the French and German school of pediatrics through their great personalities, Mihail Manicatide will abide by the principles of honesty, devotion and full dedication to the mission he assumed. A convinced follower of preventive medicine, he managed to imprint the social aspect of the pediatric practice, essential for quality medicine, and he had numerous initiatives in the field of child protection. Unfortunately, posterity rarely evokes his true value and importance, for this reason we fulfill a duty of honor by presenting him at his true dimension.

Profesorul Mihail Manicatide este unul dintre corifeii medicinei româneşti, a cărui contribuţie la dezvoltarea ştiinţelor medicale din ţara noastră îl aşază în rândul marilor personalităţi, creatori de şcoală cum ar fi: Nicolae C. Paulescu, Victor Babeş, Ion Cantacuzino, Gheorghe Marinescu etc. Fondator al şcolii de pediatrie româneşti prin crearea şcolilor de pediatrie de la Iaşi şi Bucureşti, întemeietorul pediatriei ştiinţifice ca metodă de abordare a patologiei infantile, în care cercetarea clinică şi de laborator constituie o îmbinare firească, autorul primelor tratate de pediatrie şi terapeutică infantilă, va reuşi în 1929 să fondeze Societatea Română de Pediatrie ca for ştiinţific în care să se regăsească întreaga gândire şi practică pediatrică. Elev şi discipol al marelui savant Victor Babeş, bun cunoscător al şcolii franceze şi germane de pediatrie prin marile personalităţi ale acestora, Mihail Manicatide va aplica cu rigurozitate în întreaga sa activitate pincipiile onestităţii, devotamentului şi dăruirii totale misiunii pe care şi-a asumat-o. Adept convins al medicinei preventive, a reuşit să imprime orientarea către latura socială a practicii pediatrice, fără de care nu se poate face o medicină de calitate, de aici şi numeroasele sale iniţiative sub aspectul protecţiei copilului. Din nefericire, posteritatea rareori îl evocă la adevărata sa valoare şi importanţă; de aceea, ne facem o datorie de onoare în a-l prezenta la nivelul adevăratei sale dimensiuni.

Professor Mihail Manicatide is one of the coryphaei of Romanian medicine, whose contribution to the development of the Romanian medical sciences places him amongst the great personalities, school founders like: Nicolae C. Paulescu, Victor Babes, Ion Cantacuzino, Gheorghe Marinescu etc. Founder of the Romanian school of pediatrics by creating the Pediatrics Schools of Iasi and Bucharest, founder of scientific pediatrics as an approach to child pathology, where the laboratory and clinical research are a natural combination, author of the first pediatrics and child therapeutics treaties, will establish in 1929 the Romanian Society of Pediatrics, a science forum that encapsulates the whole pediatrics thought and practice. Student and disciple of the great scholar that was Victor Babes, knowledgeable of the French and German school of pediatrics through their great personalities, Mihail Manicatide will abide by the principles of honesty, devotion and full dedication to the mission he assumed. A convinced follower of preventive medicine, he managed to imprint the social aspect of the pediatric practice, essential for quality medicine, and he had numerous initiatives in the field of child protection. Unfortunately, posterity rarely evokes his true value and importance, for this reason we fulfill a duty of honor by presenting him at his true dimension. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]