title: [History of pediatric surgery].
abstract: For almost two millennia, the sick child received little or no care from physicians. In contrast, the barber-surgeons did treat children of all ages, sometimes leaving behind detailed descriptions of these cases. A gradual awareness of childhood as a separate developmental phase brought to light the characteristic features of childhood diseases, resulting in the genesis of paediatrics. The advent of anaesthesia then led to the development of paediatric surgery as we know it today.
authors.affiliation: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Academisch Ziekenhuis Rotterdam, Sophia Kinderziekenhuis.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ribbink-Goslinga
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Molenaar
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005060:Europe; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D009426:Netherlands; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: Geschiedenis van de kinderchirurgie.