title: The work of Ambroise Tardieu: the first definitive description of child abuse.
abstract: The first important monograph describing the battered child syndrome was written in 1860 by Ambroise Tardieu, a French forensic physician. Here is a translation of his article, published in the Annales d'hygiene publique et de medecine legale, with the title "Etude medico-legale sur les sevices et mauvais traitements exerces sur des enfants." The first part of his article is entirely translated. A brief summary of the 32 cases report described by Tardieu in the second part of his article is presented.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Ste-Justine, Centres Jeunesse de la Montérégie, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Albert John
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Roche
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fortin
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Labbé
authors.forename: Jocelyn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chadwick
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001497:Battered Child Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male