An account of the diseases most incident to children, from the birth till the age of puberty, with a successful method of treating them : to which is added, an essay on nursing, with a particular view to children who are brought up by hand : also a short general account of the Dispensary for the Infant Poor / by George Armstrong.

  • Armstrong, George, 1719-1789.
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An account of the diseases most incident to children, from the birth till the age of puberty, with a successful method of treating them : to which is added, an essay on nursing, with a particular view to children who are brought up by hand : also a short general account of the Dispensary for the Infant Poor / by George Armstrong. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed for T. Cadell, 1783.

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xvi, 200 pages ; 22 cm (8vo)

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New ed., with several additions.

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Originally published in 1767 under title: An essay on the diseases most fatal to infants
Errata in ms. on t.p. verso

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'This edition contains, amongst other additions, three cases of the hydrocephalus internus, successfully treated'

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