Ribbink-Goslinga A M, Molenaar J C
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Academisch Ziekenhuis Rotterdam, Sophia Kinderziekenhuis.
Tijdschr Kindergeneeskd. 1987 Aug;55(4):117-24.
For almost two millennia, the sick child received little or no care from physicians. In contrast, the barber-surgeons did treat children of all ages, sometimes leaving behind detailed descriptions of these cases. A gradual awareness of childhood as a separate developmental phase brought to light the characteristic features of childhood diseases, resulting in the genesis of paediatrics. The advent of anaesthesia then led to the development of paediatric surgery as we know it today.
在近两千年的时间里，患病儿童很少或根本没有得到医生的治疗。相比之下，理发师兼外科医生确实治疗各个年龄段的儿童，有时还会留下这些病例的详细描述。对童年作为一个独立发育阶段的逐渐认识揭示了儿童疾病的特征，从而催生了儿科学。麻醉术的出现进而推动了我们如今所知的小儿外科的发展。
