ABSTRACT
George Armstrong was one of a number of eighteenth-century physicians who sought to reduce the frequency of such occurrences, whether by publishing guides to the proper care and feeding of infants or by expanding the range of medical care; in 1769, for instance, Armstrong established the first dispensary for the sick children of the working poor, where he provided free treatment to patients from infancy to the age of twelve, advice to their parents and training to fellow doctors interested in learning more about his methods. The milk victuals should be made fresh twice a-day, that is, morning and evening, in winter; and three times in summer, especially in hot weather, and the milk must never be boiled with the pap, but by itself, and added to the pap every time the child is fed otherwise it will curdle, and grow sour on the child’s stomach.
