DIDAY, C.J.P.E.
A Treatise on Syphilis in New-born Children and infants at the breast. Translated by G. Whitley.
London: The New Sydenham Society,1859
8vo, pp. xii, 272. Original brown cloth by Westleys & Co., London, gilt. Upper cover lightly marked, otherwise a clean and fresh copy.
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. See G&M 2383 (original French edition of 1854). Diday conducted the first systematic study of all aspects of congenital syphilis, and presented his results in this important book, considering the signs and symptoms of the disease, and outlining his methods of treatment. See Crissey & Parrish pp. 91–93.
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