The History of Paediatrics: The Progress of the Study of Diseases of Children up to the End of the XVIIIth Century

The History of Paediatrics: The Progress of the Study of Diseases of Children up to the End of the XVIIIth Century

Still, George Frederic M.D. London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1931.

Demy 8vo., (2), xviii, 526 pp. including appendices and index. Plate and full-page illustrations. Dark greyish-green cloth. Spine lettered in gilt.

Minor wrinkle to cloth on upper board. Minor surface scratches to lower board. Bottom outer corners bumped. Previous owner’s stamp to front free endpaper. Some leaves unopened. A clean, tight copy.

Still (1868-1941),was Professor of Diseases of Children, King’s College, London; Physician for Diseases of Children, King’s College Hospital; Consulting Physician to the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street. An important pioneer of full-time paediatrics.

1st edition. Very scarce.

$325.00 CDN