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Author Sherwood, Joan, 1929-

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

Publication Info. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 214 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health and society ; 37
McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 37.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-207) and index.
Contents 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.
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Subject Hospice de Vaugirard (Paris, France) -- History.
Hospice de Vaugirard (Paris, France)
Hospice de Vaugirard (Paris, France) -- History.
Hospice de Vaugirard (Paris, France) -- Histoire.
Syphilis, Congenital, hereditary, and infantile -- Treatment -- Social aspects -- France -- History.
Syphilis, Congenital, hereditary, and infantile.
Social aspects.
France.
History.
Syphilis -- Patients -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- France -- History.
Syphilis -- Patients.
Syphilis.
Wet nurses -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- France -- History.
Wet nurses.
Medical personnel -- Malpractice -- France -- History.
Medical personnel -- Malpractice.
Syphilis, Congenital -- history.
Syphilis, Congenital -- therapy.
Breast Feeding -- adverse effects.
History, 18th Century.
History, 19th Century.
Malpractice -- legislation & jurisprudence.
Mercury -- therapeutic use.
France.
Indexed Term JSTOR-DDA
Hospice de Vaugirard History
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
Multi-User.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Sherwood, Joan, 1929- Infection of the innocents. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2010 9780773537415 (OCoLC)594940562
ISBN 9780773580916 (electronic book)
0773580913 (electronic book)
9780773537415
0773537414