Sir Frederic Still (1868-1941): the father of British paediatrics

Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2006 Jul;91(4):F308-10. doi: 10.1136/adc.2005.074815.

Abstract

As a pioneer of full time paediatrics, as the first professor in this new discipline, and as inaugural president of the British Paediatric Association, Still has been called with justice the father of British paediatrics.

Publication types

  • Biography
  • Historical Article
  • Portrait

MeSH terms

  • England
  • History, 19th Century
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Pediatrics / history*
  • Pyloric Stenosis, Hypertrophic / congenital
  • Pyloric Stenosis, Hypertrophic / history
  • Scurvy / history
  • Syphilis, Congenital / history

Personal name as subject

  • Frederic Still