UNDERWOOD (Michael). A Treatise on the Disorders of Childhood, and Management of Infants from Birth, Adapted to Domestic use.1801

London: Printed for J. Mathews, Second edition, with additions, 3 vols., small 8vo (158 x 94 mm), xx, 311; xvi, 280; xiv, [2], 255pp., bookplate removed from front paste-down of each volume, contemporary sheep, slightly worn, joints cracked but firm. This work is adapted from Underwood's Treatise on the Disorders of Children which was first published in 1784. "Underwood laid the foundation of modern paediatrics. His work was superior to anything that had previously appeared and remained the most important book on the subject for sixty years."—Garrison & Morton. The present version was first published in 1797 and this second edition is not recorded in the Wellcome Catalogue. Garrison & Morton, 6326 for the 1784 edition.