Diseases of the Newborn

To the extent that a single book can crystallize a field and create a new subspecialty, Schaffer's Diseases of the Newborn has done just that. The time was ripe with the rapid accumulation of knowledge concerning newborns and with individuals here and there beginning to devote their chief attention to neonates. There were in existence excellent handbooks on premature care, at least one fine book on the physiology of newborns, and another on the pathology of newborns.