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Heirs of Hippocrates

The Development of Medicine in a Catalogue of Historic Books

Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1235

WILLIAM POTTS DEWEES (1768-1841) A treatise on the physical and medical treatment of children. H. C. Carey & I. Lea 1826 2nd ed. xiv [9]-508 pp. 21.4 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 1233

Although chiefly an obstetrician, Dewees also published works on gynecology, general medicine, and this popular treatise on pediatrics, the first American textbook on the subject.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 6331 (1st ed., 1825); Waller 2428 (1st ed.); Wellcome II, p. 461 (1832 ed.)

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