Excerpt from The Surgical Diseases of Children: Being the Lettsomian Lectures Delivered Before the Medical Society of London, March, 1863Mr. President and gentlemen, - The diseases of children have, from an early period Of the practice Of the healing art, monopolised a considerable portion of the attention Of the surgeon, although it has been reserved for men of the present century to enter more scientifically into the subject, to search out the peculiarities of the child's diseases, and to elucidate the differences which are to be Observed between the affections of early and adult life. Hence it is only within the last few years that the diseases of children have been shaped into a spe ciality, and have exclusively occupied the attention of some Of the leading members Of our profession.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.