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Lectures on the diseases of infancy and childhood.

Publication Details

London: Longman, 1848 CE.

In its day this was the best English work on the subject, and was translated into several languages. West was one of the founders of the Hospital for Sick Children, Gt. Ormond Street, London.

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Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#6334
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/8132
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLlectures-on-the-diseases-of-infancy-and-childhood

Geographic Context

Publication place: London