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Entirely Re-written. Seventh Edition. Crown 8vo., \os. 6d. 



GOODEVE'S HINTS 



FOR THE 



MANAGEMENT AND MEDICAL TREATMENT 

 CHILDREN IN INDIA. 



Re-written by EDWARD A. BIRCH, M.D., 



SURGEON-MAJOK, BENGAL ESTABLISHMENT. 



Dr. Goodeve. — " I have no hesitation in saying, that the present edition 

 is for many reasons superior to its predecessors. It is written very carefully, 

 and with much knowledge and experience on the author's part, whilst it 

 possesses the great advantage of bringing up the subject to the present 

 level of Medical Science." 



The Medical Times and Gazette, in an article upon this work and 

 Moore's ' Family Medicine for India,' says — " New editions of these two 

 well-known works have recently appeared. They are both intended to 

 supply in some measure the medical wants of our numerous countrymen 

 in India, who may be either far from professional help, in emergencies of 

 sickness or of accident, or destitute of medical advice regarding the proper 

 management of their own health, and especially that of their children, in 

 the trying climate of Hindostan. Although we are, as a rule, very much 

 opposed to popular medical instruction, believing that the result is most 

 frequently a minimum of serviceable knowledge along with a vast prepon- 

 derance of what is but partial, misleading, and dangerous, yet the peculiar 

 circumstances of many of our countrymen in India, together with the 

 special and insidious dangers of its varying climate, fully justify the publi- 

 cation of a few trustworthy popular works to warn the unwary new-comer, 

 before it be too late, of the dangers he has to encounter, and to give 

 judicious counsel to solitary individuals and families who cannot enjoy the 

 advantages of personal professional advice. Moreover, the two works 

 before us are in themselves probably about the best examples of medical 

 works written for non-professional readers. The style of each is simple, 

 and as fi-ee as possible from technical expressions. The modes of treat- 

 ment recommended are generally those most likely to yield good results 

 in the hands of laymen ; and throughout each volume the important fact 

 is kept constantly before the mind of the reader, that the volume he is 

 using is but a poor substitute for personal professional advice, for which it 

 must be discarded whenever there is the opportunity. Written with such 

 objects, and in such a spirit, these volumes cannot fail to be of the greatest 

 service ; and that they are appreciated is shown by the rapid appearance of 

 successive editions, the second mentioned and elder treatise having now 

 reached the seventh edition. We would add, that although they are 

 specially written for lay readers, there are few young medical officers pro- 

 ceeding to India who would not receive several useful hints from these 

 unpretentious volumes. But it is to parents or to the guardians of 

 European children in India that they must be of pre-eminent service." 



Thacker^ Spink c5^' Co.^ Calcutta. W. Thacker 6^ Co., London. 



