George Armstrong (c. 1720 – 1789) was a Scottish physician recognised as an important early paediatrician.
[1] Armstrong was born as the eighth child of the Minister of Castleton Church, in the Liddel Valley, Roxburgh.
This institution existed for more than twelve years, and it was calculated that 35,000 children were relieved during that time.
To the third edition was appended A General Account of the Dispensary for the Infant Poor, which had been printed, in a shorter form, in 1772.
Armstrong stated that children were received "without any letters of admission, provided the parents are really indigent, the case dangerous, and requiring speedy relief".