Infection of the Innocents : Wet Nurses, Infants, and Syphilis in France, 1780-1900.
Sherwood, Joan.
Infection of the Innocents : Wet Nurses, Infants, and Syphilis in France, 1780-1900. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (229 pages) - McGill-Queen's/AMS Healthcare Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society Series ; v.37 . - McGill-Queen's/AMS Healthcare Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Mercury and Syphilis: A Dysfunctional Relationship -- 2 The Making of a Modern Hospital in Eighteenth-Century Paris -- 3 The Infants of Vaugirard -- 4 The Wet Nurse as Technology -- 5 The Wet Nurse and the Law -- 6 The Doctor Exonerated -- APPENDICES -- 1 Case Sources -- 2 Decision of the Court of Dijon, 14 May 1868 -- 3 General Legislative and Statutory Terms -- Abbreviations Used in Notes -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
A study of the attempts to cure infants of syphilis and the wet nurses who were harmed.
9780773580916
Hospice de Vaugirard (Paris, France)-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.
Electronic books.
RC201.6.F8 -- S54 2010eb
614.5/4720944
Infection of the Innocents : Wet Nurses, Infants, and Syphilis in France, 1780-1900. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (229 pages) - McGill-Queen's/AMS Healthcare Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society Series ; v.37 . - McGill-Queen's/AMS Healthcare Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Mercury and Syphilis: A Dysfunctional Relationship -- 2 The Making of a Modern Hospital in Eighteenth-Century Paris -- 3 The Infants of Vaugirard -- 4 The Wet Nurse as Technology -- 5 The Wet Nurse and the Law -- 6 The Doctor Exonerated -- APPENDICES -- 1 Case Sources -- 2 Decision of the Court of Dijon, 14 May 1868 -- 3 General Legislative and Statutory Terms -- Abbreviations Used in Notes -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
A study of the attempts to cure infants of syphilis and the wet nurses who were harmed.
9780773580916
Hospice de Vaugirard (Paris, France)-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.
Electronic books.
RC201.6.F8 -- S54 2010eb
614.5/4720944