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Re: 18th century, childrearing manuals



At 6:22 PM -0500 on 6/13/01, Don A. Elbourne Jr. wrote:


>Does anyone know of any 18th century, childrearing manuals? Or even perhaps
>some 19th century, childrearing manuals?

Check out the listings at
http://readroom.ipl.org/cgi/i/ipl/ipl.books-idx.pl?type=deweystem&q1=649

and the various sub-categories. Many of these are from the 18th & 
19th centuries, including:


An Essay Upon Nursing, and the Management of Children, From Their 
Birth to Three Years of Age, Cadogan, William
http://www.neonatology.org/classics/cadogan.html

just to name one.
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