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December 1974, Vol 128, No. 6 >
Article | December 1974

George Armstrong: An Early Activist FREE

Evan Charney, MD
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Accepted for publication March 28, 1974.

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Am J Dis Child. 1974;128(6):824-826. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1974.02110310072013.
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The accompanying "General Account,"1 published in about 1772, outlines the efforts of George Armstrong to establish and maintain an outpatient clinic for the infant poor in London, the first such facility ever devoted to the care of children. Armstrong's clinic antedated the establishment of separate hospitals for children by at least a decade. The Vienna Children's Hospital was first established in 1787, the Hôpital des Enfants Malades in Paris in 1802, and in our own country the first children's hospital was opened in Philadelphia in 1855. Because of this singular effort, George Frederick Still2 wrote in 1931 that Armstrong's dispensary was "the most important step ever taken in this country [England] towards the care of sick children." Surprisingly, Armstrong's efforts were not widely acknowledged at the time, and indeed are not much better known at present.

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Armstrong G: A General Account of the Dispensary for the Relief of the Infant Poor . London, 1772;.
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Still GF: A History of Paediatrics . London, Oxford University Press, 1931;.
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Maloney WJ: George and John Armstrong of Castleton: Two 18th-Century Medical Pioneers . Edinburgh, E & S Livingstone Ltd, 1954;.
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Ruhräh J:  George Armstrong . Am J Dis Child 40:1094-1098, 1930;.
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Armstrong G: An Account of the Diseases Most Incident to Children, From their Birth till the Age of Puberty . London, T Cadell, 1778;.
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Bernard T: An Account of the Foundling Hospital in London for the Maintenance and Education of Exposed and Deserted Young Children , ed 2. London, 1799;.

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Armstrong G: A General Account of the Dispensary for the Relief of the Infant Poor . London, 1772;.
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Still GF: A History of Paediatrics . London, Oxford University Press, 1931;.
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Maloney WJ: George and John Armstrong of Castleton: Two 18th-Century Medical Pioneers . Edinburgh, E & S Livingstone Ltd, 1954;.
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Ruhräh J:  George Armstrong . Am J Dis Child 40:1094-1098, 1930;.
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Armstrong G: An Account of the Diseases Most Incident to Children, From their Birth till the Age of Puberty . London, T Cadell, 1778;.
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Bernard T: An Account of the Foundling Hospital in London for the Maintenance and Education of Exposed and Deserted Young Children , ed 2. London, 1799;.

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