Abstract
Between 1880 and 1910 paediatrics in Australia developed not merely as a response to Enlightenment philosophical understandings of the child as precious and special, but as part of a wider demand for reproduction and population. A brief sketch of the international context will situate the specific Australian conditions, which include education, professionalisation and the emerging concept of infant mortality. A level of general specialisation within medicine was necessary for the development of paediatrics, in addition to a general and new interest in child health, which was a response to the social, political and economic needs of the emerging nation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 110-133 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Health and History |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |