This paper summarizes the life and work of John Darwall, a Birmingham physician whose work helped develop several fields of medicine, including occupational health, medical journalism and paediatrics.
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Ibid.: p. 22; also see, for example, Ramazzini B. Diseases of Workers (1713). New York: Hafner Publishing Co., 1964: pp. 63, 69, 93, 95, 129 and 149.
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DarwallJ.Plain Instructions for the Management of Infants, with Practical Observations on the Disorders Incident to Children.London: Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot, 1830: pp. 153–4.
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Ibid.: p. v.
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Ibid.: p. vii.
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Ibid.: p. ix.
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