Combe Andrew Notes Supplementary Chapter (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. Cover has light overall wear, moreso along the spine edges; and fading marks; moderate foxing on endpapers, minimal foxing within the text; previous owner's name on free endpaper. This is a true Carey & Hart First American Edition of this mid-19th century work on the management of infancy. Discusses the extent of mortality in infancy, sources of disease in infancy, delicacy of constitution in infancy, conditions in the mother affecting the health of the child, the constitution of the infant at birth, the nursery and conditions required in it, the management of the infant immediately after birth - washing and dressing, food of the infant at birth, the choice properties and regimen of a nurse, artificial nursing and weaning, cleanliness/exercise/sleep in early infancy, management of the infant during teething, management from the time of weaning to the end of the second year, and the moral management of infancy. The supplementary chapter by Dr. John Bell focuses on "the great and peculiar dangers to which infancy is exposed in the United States". 307 pages. Book.