ABSTRACT
I h a v e c h o s e n the subject ‘Paediatrics and Psychiatry’ for my address because of the nature of my work. I am a paediatrician who has swung to psychiatry, and a psychiatrist who has clung to paediatrics. In an address from the Chair it is excusable, even usual, for the speaker to draw on experi ence that is peculiar to himself. My position, as I am a worker in two fields, ought to qualify me to communicate something that has interest for the children’s doctor and also for the doctor whose work is concerned with the insane. It is, of course, inevitable that one who works in two subjects must sacrifice some degree of expertness in each.
