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Subject(s)

• Hospice de Vaugirard (Paris, France)—History [Browse]
• Syphilis, Congenital, hereditary, and infantile—Treatment—Social aspects—France—History [Browse]
• Syphilis—Patients—Legal status, laws, etc—France—History [Browse]
• Wet nurses—Legal status, laws, etc—France—History [Browse]
• Medical personnel—Malpractice—France—History [Browse]

Series

• McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 37. [More in this series]
• McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health and society ; 37

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [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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ISBN

• 9780773537415
• 0773537414

OCLC

594940562

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