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Images in paediatrics
The Good Samaritan
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Sometimes Victorian sentimentality masks fundamental truths. William Small’s nineteenth century portrait of what we would today describe as an ambulatory/community paediatrician could be seen within such a sentimental light: but this is a mistake.
Painted in an era where charges for medical consultations were routine, any doctor freely ministering to the poor and needy was welcome to those who otherwise could not afford their services.
We can comment on how …