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Mothers and Medicine: Social History of Infant Feeding, 1890-1950 (Wisconsin publications in the history of science and medicine)
Mothers and Medicine Social History of Infant Feeding 18901950 - Wisconsin publications in the history of science and medicine
Author: Rima D. Apple
n the nineteenth century, infants were commonly breast-fed; by the middle of the twentieth century, women typically bottle-fed their babies on the advice of their doctors. In this book, Rima D. Apple discloses and analyzes the complex interactions of science, medicine, economics, and culture that underlie this dramatic shift in infant-care prac...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780299114800
ISBN-10: 0299114805
Publication Date: 1/31/1988
Pages: 272
Edition: illustrated edition
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Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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