title: George Armstrong MD (1719-1789) and his dispensary for the infant poor.
abstract: George Armstrong published one of the first textbooks on children's diseases in 1767 and two years later opened in London the first dispensary/hospital in the world for sick children. He introduced clinical teaching and may be regarded as the founder of paediatrics and child health in Great Britain.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Dunn
mesh_terms: D002662:Child Health Services / Q000266:history; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008131:London; D008489:Medical Indigency / Q000266:history*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000266:history*