title: Dr George Armstrong (1719-89) and his biographer, William Maloney MD (1882-1952).
abstract: George Armstrong has been called both the father and the patron saint of paediatrics. Between 1767 and 1783 he pioneered most of the approaches now applied in modern paediatrics and child health. He also founded in London the first children's dispensary in 1769. Yet for 150 years his remarkable achievements were overlooked until rescued from obscurity in 1954 by an Edinburgh born physician, William Maloney.
authors.affiliation: University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK. P.M.Dunn@bristol.ac.uk
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Dunn
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006663:Historiography; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000266:history*