THACKER, SPINK 6- CO., CALCUTTA. 
Entirely Re-written. Seventh Edition, Crown 8vo., Rs, 7. 
GOODEVE'S HINTS 
FOR THE 
MANAGEMENT and MEDICAL TREATMENT 
OF 
CHILDREN IN INDIA. 
Re-written by EDWARD A. BIRCH, M.D., 
Szirgeoii-Majory Be7tgal 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 prepondenmce 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 publication 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 famihes 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 free 
as possible from technical expressions. The modes of treatment 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 pro- 
fessional 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 appear- 
ance 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 proceeding 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." 
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