Cyclopedia of the Diseases of Children, Medical and Surgical

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1889-1890. First edition. 1890

MASSIVE ILLUSTRATED PEDIATRIC CYCLOPEDIA AUTHORED BY PHYSICIANS FROM EUROPE AND AMERICA--INTRODUCTION BY ABRAHAM JACOBI.

Four hardcover volumes 10 inches tall and 2-3 inches thick, brown pebbled cloth binding, gilt titles to spines, Vol. I, book label of F. W. Winger, M. D., Rew City, PA to front paste-down, i-xiii, Introductory by Abraham Jacobi, 1003 pp, 56 plates, 58 figures; Vol. II, ink signature of Dr. Winger verso front flyleaf, i-xii, 1066 pp, 27 plates, 121 figures; Vol. III, ink signature of Dr. Winger verso front flyleaf, i-xv, 1371 pp, 16 plates, 154 figures; Vol. IV, i-xi, 1128 pp, 27 plates, 155 figures. Light wear to corners and spine ends, gilt spines bright, bindings tight, pages clean and unmarked--very good.

JOHN MARIE KEATING (1852-1893) received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1873. He then served residencies at Pennsylvania Hospital and Philadelphia Hospital where he was later visiting physician. He held the post of gynecologist at St. Joseph's Hospital and St. Agnes' Hospital, lectured on the disease of children at the University of Pennsylvania. He was president of the American Pediatric Society. "The work, however, by which he was particularly known to the medical profession on both sides of the Atlantic is the 'Cyclopedia of the Diseases of Children,' which met with universal approbation because of the excellence of the various articles, written by leading specialists in this country, Canada, and England. Its sale was enormous, and it is to-day the most advanced and complete work upon this subject in the English language, and is destined for years to come to represent pediatrics as it existed in this decade."-- Judson Daland (author) In Memoriam: JOHN M. KEATING, M.D., LL.D. International Clinics, Philadelphia, 1894.

DESCRIPTION OF KEATING'S CYCLOPEDIA BY ISAAC ABT IN HIS OWN Pediatrics by Various Authors, 1923: "Keating's 'Cyclopedia' was published in 1889 in four volumes. An array of the most distinguished pediatric teachers and thinkers in America contributed to this work. A. Jacobi wrote the introduction, James Finlayson, of Glasgow, made a valuable contribution on diagnosis, Thomas M. Rotch, of Boston, wrote the chapter on infant feeding, W. B. Cheadle, of London, discussed rheumatism and acute and chronic endocarditis, Thomas Barlow described rickets and scurvy, William Osler contributed the chapter on congenital heart affections, L. Emmett Holt discussed diarrheal disorders, acute and chronic, and J. P. Crozer Griffith described diseases of the blood and the blood-making apparatus. The other distinguished men who wrote for this book typify the most advanced thought on their special subjects. The volumes had an important and stimulating influence on English-speaking physicians, and served to call attention to the entire field of pediatrics by presenting knowledge in a readily accessible form. The work awakened a keen interest in the pathology of childhood and Keating's treatise was, for many years, the standard reference book for the specialist in pediatrics as well as for the general practitioner in medicine."