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The wife and mother's book : being a medical companion to the "Young bride's book;" containing hints to mothers on the management of their health during pregnancy--in the lying-in room; and upon the medical management of their infants and children / by Alexander Stookes, surgeon, L.S.A. F.L.C.M. etc.

Author/creator Stookes, Alexander author.
Other author/creatorFreeling, Arthur. Young bride's book.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info Boston : Strong & Brodhead, no. 1 Cornhill, 1849.
Manufacture Info Boston : George C. Rand and Company, [1849]
Description1 online resource (xiv, 2 unnumbered pages, 15-186 pages).
Supplemental Content Gale, Women's Studies Archive: Voice and Vision
Subject(s)
Series Women's Studies Archive: Voice and Vision
Women's Studies Archive: Voice and Vision. UNAUTHORIZED
General note"This little book owes its origin to the suggestion of my friend Mr. Arthur Freeling, who has lately published a work, entitled 'The young bride's book,' which, containing advice to young married women on many most important subjects, yet left his object incomplete without a medical accompaniment. ... My object has been to give the young wife the experience of the matron, not to make her a quack doctor ..."--preface, p. [v]-viii.
General note"Stereotyped and printed by George C. Rand and Company, no. 3 Corhnill, Boston."--verso of title page.
General notePages [i-ii] blank.
General noteReproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.

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