William Cadogan (childcare)

William Cadogan (* 1711, † February 26, 1797 in London) was an English physician.

Life

The place of birth is not known. Cadogan practiced and died in London. Cadogan was the first doctor, who spoke out for the total abolition of the winding. In his treatise " An Essay upon Nursing and the Management of Children, From Their Birth to Three Years of Age " in 1748, he rejected the then widespread tight integration of babies from and described his views of a contemporary nursing of infants. Cadogan was later head of the Foundling Hospital, a London orphanage. 1771 appeared his most popular work, " A Dissertation on the Gout ," a treatise on the gout.

Major works

• Cadogan, William ( 1748). An essay upon nursing and the management of children. London.
• Cadogan, William ( 1771). A dissertation on the gout and all chronic diseases Jointly Considered as proceeding from the same Causes. What Causes synthesis and are a rational and natural method of care Proposed. Addressed to all invalids by William Cadogan, a Fellow of the College of Physicians. London.