A treatise on the pneumonia of children / by Rilliet et Barthez ; translated from the French by S. Parkman.

  • Rilliet, F. (Frédéric), 1814-1861.
Date:
1839
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Credit: A treatise on the pneumonia of children / by Rilliet et Barthez ; translated from the French by S. Parkman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ?AC fHORS. 3^ If we examine most of the treatises, which have been published upon the diseases of children, we shall find the authors to have attempted a description of those peculiar to childhood, rather than of the common diseases of humanity, as influenced by that age. We shall find, in their works, many dissertations upon certain symptoms created with morbid entities, or upon certain lesions, which, by their rarity, attract the attention of all observers, but few descriptions of. the diseases which a daily practice presents. Within a few years, however, authors have begun to study the affections of children with particular reference to their pathology. Numerous observations, and interesting memoirs, have been pub- lished in different periodical collections; young physicians have taken the subject for their inaugural dissertations. But from so vast a field, all has not yet been reaped; many important truths, scattered here and there, have remained lost for want of being incorporated with the body of science. A good book upon the dis- eases of children is yet to be written. Far from us the idea of pre- tending to undertake, at the present day, so great a labour. We leave it to hands more skilful and experienced than ours. But desirous of walking in the traces of those, who have preceded us, and of profiting by the advantages of our situation, we have thought to do something useful in studying this important part of pathology. We purpose, (if this undertaking be favourably received,) to pub- lish a series of monographs upon the different diseases of childhood. A part of our material is already collected, but we wish to confirm, by new observations, the ideas we at present entertain. Among the diseases of this age, those of the chest are, without doubt, both the most important, and the most numerous. We commence therefore with them. These present researches upon pneumonia will form the first part of a series upon the thoracic affections. Before entering upon our labour, we ought to say a few words upon the method we have prescribed to ourselves in the perform- ance of our undertaking, in order that the reader may appreciate the decree of confidence to be placed in our assertions. Situated