Pediatrics, the hygienic and medical treatment of children

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Preface To The Fourth Edition

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As the third edition of this work is exhausted, it is deemed best, in preparing the fourth edition, to make certain changes. Each article has been systematically reviewed and carefully revised. Portions of the former text have been omitted and replaced by new material which recent investigations have brought into prominence.

Thomas Morgan Rotch.

197 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts.

Preface To The Third Edition

When another edition of this work was called for it was found necessary to rewrite it in order to bring it into accord with the advances which have been made in the subject of Pediatrics during the past six years. It is, therefore, offered to the Profession as practically a new book. The order in which the different subjects have been treated, and the relative space assigned to them, have in many instances been radically changed. The endeavor has been made to emphasize the practical character of the work by thoroughly systematizing the etiology, the symptomatology, the diagnosis, and the treatment of the various diseases. Much attention has been devoted to the anatomy and physiology of early life and to the advances which have been made in the subjects of infant feeding, of bacteriology, and of the blood. Several new colored plates and a number of radiographs have been added to the illustrations.

In acknowledging the aid which I have received I owe special recognition to my associate and friend, Dr. Maynard Ladd, for his help in the preparation of the entire book. His interest and enthusiasm have been unflagging and invaluable. My thanks are also offered to those who have by their advice enabled me to remodel the book, and I would particularly acknowledge the information connected with the pathology which has been given so freely by Professor William T. Councilman. I am also under much obligation to Dr. John H. McCollum, Dr. Robert W. Lovett, Dr. John L. Morse, Dr. Algernon Coolidge, Jr., Dr. John Dane, and Dr. John T. Bowen. Dr. William P. Northrup supplied for the previous edition a number of valuable plates illustrating gastro-enteric diseases, and these plates are now retained. Dr. Franklin W. White has been of great service in the preparation of the article on the blood. Dr. Ernest A. Codman kindly furnished the plates of the radiographs.

The publishers have shown unfailing courtesy and much liberality.

Finally, I am greatly indebted to my medical associates throughout the country for their encouragement, which has both stimulated me in my work and greatly aided me in its completion.

Thomas Morgan Rotch. 197 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts.