LONDON

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LECTURES ON THE

DISEASES

OF

INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD.

BY CHARLES WEST, M.D.

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS;

PHYSICIAN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR

SICK CHILDREN.

FIFTH EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED.

LONDON:

LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, ROBERTS, & GREEN.
1865.

ΤΟ

SAMUEL STEPHENS MARLING, ESQ.

OF EBLEY, NEAR STROUD,

GLOUCESTERSHIRE,

THESE LECTURES ARE DEDICATED,

IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF

THE EVER ACTIVE FRIENDSHIP AND MORE THAN BROTHERLY KINDNESS

WHICH HAVE MADE A LIFE-LONG DEBTOR

OF HIS

AFFECTIONATE KINSMAN,

THE AUTHOR.