Infection of the innocents [electronic resource] : wet nurses, infants, and syphilis in France, 1780-1900 / Joan Sherwood.
by
Sherwood, Joan, 1929-
ISBN
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9780773580916
Title
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Infection of the innocents [electronic resource] : wet nurses, infants, and syphilis in France, 1780-1900 / Joan Sherwood.
Author
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Sherwood, Joan, 1929-
Personal Author
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Sherwood, Joan, 1929-
Publication Information
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Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2010.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (xiii, 214 pages) : illustrations.
Series
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McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health and society ; 37
Contents
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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.
Local Note
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Corporate Subject
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Hospice de Vaugirard (Paris, France) -- History.
Hospice de Vaugirard (Paris, France)
Hospice de Vaugirard (Paris, France) -- Histoire.
Subject Term
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Syphilis, Congenital, hereditary, and infantile -- Treatment -- Social aspects -- France -- History.
Syphilis -- Patients -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- France -- History.
Wet nurses -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- France -- History.
Medical personnel -- Malpractice -- France -- History.
Syphilis, Congenital -- history.
Syphilis, Congenital -- therapy.
Breast Feeding -- adverse effects.
History, 18th Century.
History, 19th Century.
Malpractice -- legislation & jurisprudence.
Mercury -- therapeutic use.
Geographic Term
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France.
Format
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Electronic Resources
Electronic Access
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Publication Date
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2010
Publication Information
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Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2010.
| Shelf Number | Material Type | Copy | Shelf Location | Status |
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| 614.54720944 22 | 1:E-BOOK | 1 | 1:ONLINE | Available for online access and/or download |