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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | A Treatise on the Diseases of Children |
| Reference | 111411.O |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Collection | Rosenberg |
| Date | 1806 |
| Author | Underwood, Michael |
| Publisher / Printer / Lithographer | West, David |
| Place of Creation | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Description | The most widely read Anglo-American pediatrics text of its generation. Like many medical books of the era, it was aimed at both educated laypersons and physicians. |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | Children's Health; Health and Hygiene |
| Keywords | childbirth, disease, children, breastfeeding, food, diet, cure |
| Additional Information | Michael Underwood trained as a surgeon at St George's Hospital in London around 1758. By 1766 he was surgeon to the British Lying-In Hospital, where he assisted in difficult labours, attended mothers and newborns, and provided a course of lectures to midwives trained at the hospital. |
| Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Library Company of Philadelphia’s catalogue, and 'An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform', compiled by Christopher Hoolihan. |
| Copyright | The Library Company of Philadelphia |