The history of medicine and surgery remains well documented, but
this volume offers the first specific exploration of the treatment
of and attitudes towards children with injuries and birth defects
through the ages. Popular thought holds that children in ancient
times with birth defects faced a short life of abandonment or
neglect. Examination of written records from ancient Egypt, India,
Greece, and Islam, however, shows that physicians and surgeons have
attempted to find remedies to cure ailing youths from the beginning
of recorded medical history. These essays document the origins of
children's surgery, chronicle the history of children's surgery
into modern times, and explore the treatment of the most common
visceral birth defects. With contributing authors offering
perspectives from a variety of cultures, this extraordinary
collection will interest not only medical professionals, but also
historians and others in the child care field.
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