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The wife and mother's book : being a medical companion to the "Young bride's book;" containing hints to mothers on the management of their health during pregnancy--in the lying-in room; and upon the medical management of their infants and children / by Alexander Stookes, surgeon, L.S.A. F.L.C.M. etc.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stookes, Alexander, author.
- Series:
- Women's Studies Archive: Voice and Vision.
- Women's Studies Archive: Voice and Vision
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Infants--Care.
- Infants.
- Infants--Health and hygiene.
- Women--Health and hygiene.
- Women.
- Pregnancy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 2 unnumbered pages, 15-186 pages).
- Other Title:
- Wife and mother's book
- Place of Publication:
- Strong & Brodhead, no. 1 Cornhill
- Notes:
- "This little book owes its origin to the suggestion of my friend Mr. Arthur Freeling, who has lately published a work, entitled 'The young bride's book,' which, containing advice to young married women on many most important subjects, yet left his object incomplete without a medical accompaniment. ... My object has been to give the young wife the experience of the matron, not to make her a quack doctor ..."--preface, p. [v]-viii.
- "Stereotyped and printed by George C. Rand and Company, no. 3 Corhnill, Boston."--verso of title page.
- Pages [i-ii] blank.
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- OCLC:
- 1162566546
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