Author:
Meckel, Richard A., 1948-
Edition Statement:Updated edition with a new preface.
Imprint:Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2015.
Descriptionxxiv, 302 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Note:Previously published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 1998.
Note:1. Cities as infant abattoirs : Anglo-American sanitary reform and the discovery of urban infant mortality -- 2. Improper aliment : American pediatrics and infant feeding -- 3. Pure milk for babes : improving the urban milk supply -- 4. A question of motherhood -- 5. Better mothers, better babies, better homes -- 6. Before the baby comes : neonatal mortality and the promotion of prenatal care -- 7. The steps not taken : the rediscovery of poverty and the rejection of maternity insurance -- 8. Defeat in victory, victory in defeat : the Sheppard-Towner Act.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.