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1. A Social History of Wet Nursing in America

   • Janet Golden

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   The book delves into the evolution of wet nursing in America, highlighting its role in addressing infant-feeding challenges from the colonial era to the early twentieth century. It discusses the shift from acceptance to controversy surrounding wet nursing as motherhood became increasingly medicalized. By examining the impact of scientific advancements on infant feeding practices, it reveals the complexities of women's roles, medical authority, and societal norms regarding motherhood and class within the intimate setting of child-rearing.

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2. The transformation of German academic medicine, 1750 - 1820

   • Thomas Hoyt Broman

   By examining German university medicine between 1750 and 1820, this book presents a new interpretation of the emergence of modern medical science. It demonstrates that the development of modern medicine as a profession linking theory and practice did not emerge suddenly from the revolutionary transformation of Europe at the opening of the nineteenth century, as Foucault and others have argued. Instead, Thomas H. Broman points to cultural and institutional changes occurring during the second half of the eighteenth century as reshaping both medical theory and the physician's professional identity

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