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ADC 1926-2006
Revelations of an insider: ADC 1926–2006
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Revelations of an insider
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How was a journal "fit for wrapping fish and chips"1 transformed into an organisation, with papers read by research workers as soon as they had been accepted, a wide variety of review articles published for the general reader, and a circulation of over 10 000? The changes began about 25 years ago and have accelerated during the past 10 years.
Archives of Disease in Childhood (ADC) was founded by the British Medical Association (BMA) as the first house specialist journal in 1926. In Britain there were about 50 physicians with a special interest in diseases of children and a handful who worked exclusively with children.
"Some of the medical men whose work lies mainly among children had suggested that the BMA should publish a new journal".2
The editor of the BMJ, Sir Dawson Williams, had been a paediatrician before becoming a full time journalist and
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