There was no separate branch of medicine devoted to the health of children, as pediatrics is today. Most midwifery manuals addressed the care of the newborn, and sometimes infant care as well. In the early modern period we begin to see the first books specifically devoted to health care for children.
| Last Name | First Name | Title | Date Sort descending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hammond | Thomas | Epilepsys, or convulsion-fits in children effectually cured; by an approved specifick powder, and balsamick… | 1685 |
| Allen | Charles | The operator for the teeth | 1686 |
| Allen | Charles | Curious observations in... chirurgery, relating to the teeth | 1687 |
| Mayow | John | The mothers family physician; or the infants doctor. Being a discourse of the disease in… | 1687 |
| Harris | Walter | An exact enquiry into, and cure of the acute diseases of infants· By Walter Harris… | 1693 |
| Harris | Walter | An exact enquiry into, and cure of the acute diseases of infants | 1694 |
| Pechey | John | A general treatise of the diseases of infants and children. Collected from the best practical… | 1697 |
| Barret | Robert | A companion for midwives, child-bearing women, and nurses | 1699 |