A treatise on the diseases of children : and management of infants from the birth / by Michael Underwood, M.D. ; three volumes in one.

  • Underwood, Michael, 1736-1820.
Date:
May, 1806
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Credit: A treatise on the diseases of children : and management of infants from the birth / by Michael Underwood, M.D. ; three volumes in one. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    To have passed over the Degrees and Varieties occurring in every Complaint, would, indeed, have fallen equally short of the original Design, as to have treated only on the Disorders of the Infant-state. An Abridgment like this would prove a great Dis- appointment, and neither qualify Parents to prescribe to Advantage, nor discover when to conclude that farther Assistance is required. In any case, it is, perhaps, not possible to meet the Wishes of All; and the Author may venture to say, that his Intentions have been good. Encour- aged, therefore, as he has been, by the Patronage of many Families, he takes this overt Occasion of re- peating his grateful Acknowledgements ^ hoping he shall neither forfeit their, nor the Public's good Opinion by this renewed Attempt. As some Apology, however, for the Imperfections of the present, it may be urged, that the unexpect- edly rapid sale of the former Impression, has al- lowed the Author but little time to bestow upon this, which has been as repeatedly as speedily called for. The continual Occurrence likewise of some things before unknown to the Author, as well as of a few really new Diseases, or novel Forms in their Ap- pearance, contribute to exact this hasty Tribute of Attention; which though precluded from minute Correction ; which will it is hoped, otherwise offer some Amendment, while it marks his high obliga* tions to Public Opinion.