Growing Pains: Childhood Illness in Ireland, 1750-1950 - Anne Mac Lellan and Alice Maugher Toy Contents: Hospitals in the late

Contents: Hospitals in the late eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth century

which continues the story of our College

Michael Clancy

Marking the 40th anniversary of the foundation of the Faculty of Paediatrics

The first operation under anaesthesia in Ireland took place 175 years ago when John MacDonnell

Growing Pains: Childhood Illness in Ireland, 1750-1950 - Anne Mac Lellan and Alice Maugher Toy Contents: Hospitals in the lateDespite the immense interest sparked by recent child abuse and orphan vaccination trials, the history of childhood illness in Ireland has remained largely hidden. Spanning two centuries, Growing Pains is the first history of Irelands unique social, cultural and political responses to safeguarding childhood health and treating physically, psychologically and socially vulnerable children. It also investigates medical management in the home, hospitals,