
THE MOTHER'S MANUAL OF CHILDREN'S DISEASES. - BY CHARLES WEST, M.D. - FELLOW, AND LATE SENIOR CENSOR, OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS: FOUNDER OF, AND FORMERLY PHYSICIAN TO, THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN: FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE OF PARIS: ETC. - AUTHOR OF 'LECTURES ON THE DISEASES OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD.' - NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY. 1885.
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THE MOTHER'S MANUAL OF CHILDREN'S DISEASES.
PART I. - INTRODUCTORY.
CHAPTER I. - ON THE MORTALITY OF CHILDREN, AND ITS CAUSES.
CHAPTER II. - THE GENERAL SIGNS OF DISEASE IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD.
CHAPTER III. - THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF DISEASE IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD.
PART II.
CHAPTER IV. - ON THE DISORDERS AND DISEASES OF CHILDREN DURING THE FIRST MONTH AFTER BIRTH.
CHAPTER V. - ON THE DISORDERS AND DISEASES OF CHILDREN AFTER THE FIRST MONTH, AND UNTIL TEETHING IS FINISHED.
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en
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Release date
2009-08-15
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Public domain in the USA.

1816–1898
A pioneering British physician, he helped transform the care of sick children in Victorian London and founded what became Great Ormond Street Hospital. His work also helped establish pediatrics as a distinct medical field in Britain.
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