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"No bald summary can do justice to Meckel's thoughtful analysis of the interactions between political, medical, public health and lay interests involved in early baby-saving campaigns and of their relevance to the more recent structure of infant care services... Anyone interested in the modern debate on infant welfare will read this book with both pleasure and profit."-- Bulletin of the History of MedicineMeckel, Richard A. is the author of 'Save the Babies: American Public Health Reform and the Prevention of Infant Mortality, 1850-1929' with ISBN 9780801838798 and ISBN 0801838797.
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