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Childcare, health and mortality in the London Foundling Hospital, 1741-1800 : 'Left to the mercy of the world' /

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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Levene, Alysa, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo