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Infection of the innocents wet nurses, infants, and syphilis in France, 1780-1900  Cover Image E-book E-book

Infection of the innocents [electronic resource] : wet nurses, infants, and syphilis in France, 1780-1900 / Joan Sherwood.

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  • ISBN: 9780773580916 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 electronic text (xiii, 214 p.) : ill., digital file.
  • Publisher: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010

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General Note:
CatMonthString:january.17
Multi-User.
Issued as part of the desLibris books collection.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Mercury and syphilis : a dysfunctional relationship -- The making of a modern hospital in eighteenth-century Paris -- The infants of Vaugirard -- The wet nurse as technology -- The wet nurse and the law -- The Doctor exonerated -- Appendices. Case sources ; Decision of the Court of Dijon, 14 May 1868 ; General legislative and statutory terms.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
Also available in print version.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject: Hospice de Vaugirard (Paris, France) > History.
Hospice de Vaugirard (Paris, France)
Syphilis, Congenital, hereditary, and infantile > Treatment > Social aspects > France > History.
Syphilis > Patients > France
Breast Feeding > adverse effects.
Malpractice > legislation & jurisprudence.
History, 18th Century.
Syphilis, Congenital > therapy.
Syphilis > Patients > Legal status, laws, etc. > France > History.
History, 19th Century.
Mercury > therapeutic use.
Wet nurses > Legal status, laws, etc. > France
Wet nurses > Legal status, laws, etc. > France > History.
Syphilis, Congenital, hereditary, and infantile > Treatment > France
Medical personnel > Malpractice > France
Syphilis, Congenital > history.
Medical personnel > Malpractice > France > History.
France.
Genre: Electronic books.


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