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Shew, Joel (MD)
Children : Their Hydropathic Management in Health and Disease, 1874
Publisher: Samuel R. Wells; N. Y. : 1874
Good+ with no dust jacket Hardcover 432 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; This is not a recent reprint but an actual book from 1874. Full green cloth, gilt spine lettering, blindstamped boards, index, publisher catalog in rear including works on phrenology, etc. ; Topics include: Paternity. Marriage. Pregnancy. Miscarriage. Erroneous opinions on bloodletting. Stillbirth. Umbilical cord. Bathing the infant. Clothing. Food. Nursing. Weaning. Warning against rocking and swinging. Teeth. Birth defects. Diseases of infancy and childhood. Hare-lip. Spina bifida. Thrush. Colic. Croup. Hooping cough. Small pox. Cow pox. More. ; Copyright 1852, published by Fowler and Wells. This edition 1874, published by Samuel R. Wells. ; Cloth chipped at ends of spine, worn at tips. Spine browned, lettering dark but readable. Pages a bit yellowed from age, with light foxing here and there. Two leaves tanned from old clipping laid in (clipping shows mean time of digestion of various foods, arranged from quickest to slowest, one corner missing). No marks or scribbles. Binding tight.
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Item number: 10162.
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Wiehl, Dorothy
Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly, Volume 34 : Volume 34, Number 1, January 1956, to Volume 34, Number 4, October 1956
Publisher: Millbank Memorial Fund; N. Y. : 1956
Very Good+ with no dust jacket Hardcover 437 pages; 8vo (9.25") 24 cm; Full green buckram cloth, gold spine lettering, speckled edges, footnotes, brief book reviews, numerous b/w figures, diagrams, charts, etc, scholarly articles by various experts. Very nice laid paper throughout. ; Journal subtitle: 'A Multidisciplinary Journal of Population Health and Health Policy', focus of this vol is fertility and family planning. ; Bound by Wagenvoord & Company, Lansing, Michigan, with their binding instruction sheet tipped in. ; Volume 34 complete in 4 issues, January 1956, April 1956, July 1956, October 1956. ; Topics and authors include: Social and psychological factors affecting fertility, many contributors. Fertility planning by wives, by Lois Pratt and P. K. Whelpton. Fertility in Japan, by Irene B. Taeuber. Hospital care and the vanishing midwife, by Paul H. Jacobson. Maternal and newborn nutrition studies at Philadelphia Lying-in Hospital, by Alexander Randall, et al. More. ; Exterior shows very light wear. Front table of contents page has library emboss, two pages have minor library marks. No other marks or defects. Scarce.
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Item number: 12786.
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Mulligan, Joan Elizabeth
Three Federal Interventions on Behalf of Childbearing Women : The Sheppard Towner Act, Emergency Maternity and Infant Care, and the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963 (Signed)
Publisher: Published by Author; Ann Arbor: 1976
Near Fine with no dust jacket Hardcover 280 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Full black cloth, gilt spine title, extensive bibliography, chapter endnotes, 3 tables, 4 appendixes, glossary, [xxi] + 280 pages printed mimeographically, one side only, as issued. ; Doctoral dissertation. Highly detailed analysis of US laws passed in 1921, 1946, and 1963, aimed at 'reducing pregnancy-related deaths in some women', and 'pregnancy-related disabilities in some children', and how these laws have changed the understanding of pregnancy from 'a normal, physiological process' to a 'pathology requiring physician-managed technology'. Authored by registered nurse-midwife, professor of public health at University of Michigan. ; Warm note penned on front endpaper in ballpoint, to two individuals who 'helped make this possible', SIGNED by author Joan. Extremely scarce, often cited. ; 1 item laid in: Article by author on transitioning from Nurse to Nurse-Midwife, published 1976, with editorial on same, 7 pgs. ; Signed by Author
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Item number: 11091.
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