Meckel, Richard A.

"Save the babies" American public health reform and the prevention of infant mortality, 1850-1929 Richard M. Meckel. - Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press c1990. - xi, 302 p., [14] p. of plates ill. 24 cm. - The Henry E. Sigerist series in the history of medicine .

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 243-294.

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Infants--Death--Prevention--History.--United States
Maternal health services--History.--United States
Infant health services--History.--United States

RJ102 / .M43 1990

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