Description: PHYSIOLOGICAL & MORAL MANAGEMENT OF INFANCY by Andrew Combe 1840 Revised 2nd Ed. POB#52189 TITLE: Treatise on the physiological and moral management of infancy AUTHOR: Andrew Combe; John Bell PUBLISHER: Philadelphia: Carey & Hart DATE: 1840 EDITION: Second Edition. DESCRIPTION: 17 (advertisements) 307, 6 (advertisements) pages : illustrations ; 20 cm CONDITION NOTES: GOOD. Gouge to middle of spine. Hinges starting. Rubbing to spine label. Bumped edges.BINDING: Green linen with paper spine label..First edition appeared in Edinburgh also in 1840, and preface signed by author 1840. Here in the second edition, or first US edition, a supplementry chapter by John Bell, advises physicians of the particularites of the United States for infant care. [p. 281-304]. John Bell provides a substantial chapter that more or less indicts the slum lords of New York and Philadelphia in their role in infant mortality. A highly readable work with some astounding insights about nursing, nutrition, use of opiates to cure teething pain, and what makes for an ideal nursery in 1840. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog
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Author: Andrew Combe; John Bell
Binding: Cloth
Language: English
Original/Facsimile: Original
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Publisher: Carey & Hart
Subject: Science & Medicine
Topic: Medicine
Year Printed: 1840
