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Mothers and medicine : a social history of infant feeding, 1890-1950 /

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. In this book, Rima D. Apple discloses and analyzes the complex interactions of science, medicine, economics, and culture that u...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Apple, Rima D. (Rima Dombrow), 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 1987.
Colección:Wisconsin publications in the history of science and medicine ; no. 7.
Temas:
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Infant feeding in the nineteenth century
  • Infant-feeding theories and infant-food products
  • Infant feeding in medical practice
  • Scientific motherhood
  • Mothers and infant-feeding practices.