Author: GERHARDT, C. [ed.]
Title: Handbuch der Kinderkrankheiten. Erster Band Allgemeiner Theil [up to Fünfter Band, 2. Abth.].
Description: Tübingen, Verlag der H. Laupp'schen Buchhandlung, 1877. - 1883. Sm 4to. 14 vols. in 10. W. numerous woodc. textills. Fine near contemp. hlf. brown cloth, over paste paper brds., spines simple gilt lettering, uniformly bound set. Hirsch II, 725: Gerhardt (1833-1902) was a.o. prof. of internal medicine in Berlin and known as 'Einer der hervorragandster Kliniker und Diagnostiker am Ausgange des 19. Jahrhunderts, ein Lehrer allerersten Ranges.': G&M 6337: 'Gerhardt edited this great work, which was written by the foremost paediatricians of the time and which gives a close-up view of paediatric knowledge at the end of the 19th century': Abt-Garrison 93: '....the main storehouse of historic data about children's diseases.': Peiper 293: Grulee Coll. nr. 32: Main body of this series in first ed. Up to 1886 it grew out to 6 volumes and between 1887 - 1897 3 suppl. volumes were published.

Keywords: 1850 1930 surgery paediatrics child care pediatrics Kindergeneeskunde kinderpokjes