De L'industrie Des Nourrices Et De La Mortalité Des Petits Enfants (Hardcover)

In this groundbreaking study, C. Monot examines the practice of hiring wet nurses in eighteenth-century France and its impact on infant mortality. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, Monot's book sheds light on a little-known aspect of French social history and makes an important contribution to the history of medicine and public health. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of childhood, women's history, or the social history of France.

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