Childcare, health, and mortality at the London Foundling Hospital, 1741-1800 : "left to the mercy of the world" /

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This book is a thorough and engaging examination of an institution and its young charges, set in the wider social, cultural, demographic and medical context of the eighteenth century. By examining the often short lives of abandoned babies, the book illustrates the variety of pathways to health, ill-...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Levene, Alysa, 1976-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, U.K. ; New York : New York, NY : Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2007.
Temas:
Foundling Hospital (London, England)
1700-1799
Orphans > History.
Orphanages > History.
Charities > History.
Public welfare > History.
Medicine > History > 18th century.
Foster Home Care > history
Orphanages > history
Charities > history
History, 18th Century
Social Welfare > history
Orphelinats > Histoire.
Aide sociale > Histoire.
Médecine > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Medicine
Charities
Orphanages
Orphans
Public welfare
London (England)
London
England > London
England.
London Foundling Hospital.
abandonment.
charity.
childcare.
ill-health.
infant death.
motherhood.
nursing network.
parish officials.
patronage.
poverty alleviation strategy.
survival prospects.
welfare.
History
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