The Grenfell Medical Mission and American support in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1890s-1940s /

Table of Contents: “…Cover; The Grenfell Medical Mission and American Support in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1890s-1940s; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Editors' Introduction: "Untainted by American Ways"? …”
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The history of American homeopathy : from rational medicine to holistic health care / by Haller, John S., Jr., 1940-

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Rethinking modern prostheses in Anglo-American Commodity cultures, 1820-1939 / by Jones, Claire L., PALCI EBSCO books

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Restoring the balance : women physicians and the profession of medicine, 1850-1995 / by More, Ellen Singer, 1946-, ACLS Humanities Ebook

Table of Contents: “…. -- Gendered practices: late Victorian medicine in the woman's sphere -- Maternalist medicine: women physicians in the Progressive Era -- Redefining the margins: women physicians and American hospitals, 1900-1939 -- Getting organized: the Medical Women's National Association and World War I -- New directions: the eclipse of maternalist medicine -- Resisting the "Feminine Mystique," 1938-1968 -- Medicine and the new women's movement -- Conclusion: reconciling equality an difference.…”
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Death in childbirth : an international study of maternal care and maternal mortality, 1800-1950 / by Loudon, Irvine, Oxford Scholarship Online

Table of Contents: “…-- The Nineteenth-Century Midwife -- Childbirth and the Medical Profession in the Nineteenth Century -- Physicians, Surgeons, and the Teaching of Midwifery -- Medical Education and Midwifery in Scotland -- Institutional Care in the Nineteenth Century -- Maternal Mortality in Institutional Deliveries -- The Antiseptic Revolution -- Maternal Care in Britain, 1900-1935 -- Midwives Acts, Government Reports, and Public Opinion -- The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists -- Midwives and Handywomen -- Obstetrics in General Practice, 1900-1935 -- Maternity Hospitals and Medical Education, 1900-1935 -- Maternal Care, 1900-1935 -- Maternal Mortality in Britain from 1850 to the Mid-1930s -- Maternal Mortality, 1850-1910 -- Maternal Mortality, 1910-1934 -- Regional Variations -- Maternal Care and Maternal Mortality in Britain, 1935-1950 -- England and Wales -- The Decline of Puerperal Fever, the Sulphonamides, and the Streptococcus -- The Decline in Maternal Mortality and the Second World War -- Abortion, Illegitimacy, and the War -- USA -- The Geography and Politics of Maternal Care in the USA: Introduction -- The Politics of Maternal Care in the USA -- Maternal Mortality and the Public Health -- Home Deliveries and the General Practitioner -- The Old Style of Family Doctor -- The Conservative Phase of Obstetric Practice -- Increased Intervention in Home Deliveries -- The General Practitioner and Maternal Mortality -- Rural and Urban Maternal Mortality -- Medical Education and Obstetrics in the USA -- The American Midwife -- The Registration and Education of American Midwives -- The Immigrant Midwives -- Rural Midwifery in the Early Twentieth Century -- The Black Midwives of the Southern States -- The Kentucky Frontier Nursing Service -- Obstetricians against Midwives -- The American Lying-in Hospital, 1850-1910 -- The Lying-in Hospitals, 1850-1910 -- Antisepsis and Hospital Deliveries -- Maternal Care and the Hospital, 1900-1935 -- Out-patient Maternity Services -- Attitudes to Childbirth and the Problem of Pain -- Primitive and Civilized Women -- Pain Relief in Childbirth -- Twilight Sleep -- Pain Relief after Twilight Sleep -- The Orgy of Interference -- DeLee and the Prophylactic Forceps Operation -- The Extent of Interference -- Michigan: A Typical State? …”
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