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Author: Rima D. Apple
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0299114848
Category: Medical

Mothers and Medicine: A Social History of Infant Feeding, 1890-1950 (History of Science and Medicine)

In 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. Download Mothers and Medicine medical books for free.
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 practices and women's lives.
AA AAs infant feeding became the keystone of the emerging specialty of pediatrics in the twentieth century, the manufacture of infant food became a lucrative industry.A More and more mothers reported difficulty in nursing their babies.A While physicians were establishing themselves and the scientific experts and the infant-food industry was hawking the scientific bases o Get Mothers and Medicine our bestseller medical books.

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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 practices and women's lives.
AA AAs infant feeding became the keystone of the emerging specialty of pediatrics in the twentieth century, the manufacture of infant food became a lucrative industry.A More and more mothers reported difficulty in nursing their babies 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 practices and women's lives.
AA AAs infant feeding became the keystone of the emerging specialty of pediatrics in the twentieth century, the manufacture of infant food became a lucrative industry.A More and more mothers reported difficulty in nursing their babies.A While physicians were establishing themselves and the scientific experts and the infant-food industry was hawking the scientific bases o

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