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Tables of Contents for Babies
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
6
2
I Expecting
8
16
"Pleasing Ailment" and Rounded Bellies
Female Sinners and the Virgin Mary
Poetic Diagnoses
Ambroise Pare, Surgeon and Sexologist
Garlic Cloves and Urine Examiners
Aversions and Cravings
An Ocean of Animalcules
Fertilized by the Wind
Pregnancy in the Industrial Age
II Childbearing
24
38
Cries and Whispers
The Medieval Midwife
A Bath of Crushed Roses
The Cesarean Section
The Churching Ceremony
Pilgrimage and Relics
The Deception of the Rabbits
Amulets and Talismans
Crying Up a Storm
Processions and Ceremonies
The "Good Mother" or the Witch
The Beginnings of Obstetrics
Seated, Squatting, Kneeling, Lying Down...
An Attack on Modesty
The Trial of the Matrons
School for Midwives
Hooks, Forceps, and Levers: The Obstetric Arsenal
The Medical Delivery
III Caring
62
26
From Cooked Mouse to Antibiotics
Medications from Antiquity
The Healing Saints
Worms, Enemy of the Infant
The First Pediatric Texts
The "Republic of Children"
Smoke and Drink
Magic Springs and Dust of Saints
Crystal Teething Rings or Moles' Paws
Children Lost and Found
Monsieur Vincent
The First Children's Hospitals
The Invention of the Incubator
The "Drops of Milk"
The Giant Steps of Pediatrics
IV Feeding
88
40
From the Nipple to the Bottle
The Wet Nurse Market
Ancient Bottles
Breast at the Ready
On Milk "Neither Green, nor Red, nor Black"
Papa's Pap
Horn Baby Bottles
Nurse or Dance
The Caresses of the Nursling
The Great Exodus of the Babies
Baskets of Babies
The Code of the Wet Nurses
Bottles of Wood, Leather, or Tin
Open Beaks
From Witch to Nanny
Suckling Implements
Overstuffed and Caricatured: The Parisian Nurse
Poisonous Bottles, Murderous Nipples
Hairy Nurses
The Milk Traffic
From Pap to Little Jar
V Looking After
128
16
The Pioneering Day Nurseries
Day Care for the Workers' Children
"A Mass of Babies"
Squalid Nurseries
Sterilizer Nurseries
VI Washing and Dressing
144
24
Molded, Powdered, and Tied with String
The Messes of the Middle Ages
The Indispensable Shell
According to Jean-Jacques
The Virtues of Filth
The Virtues of Urine
Soaps, Shampoos, Talcs, and Creams
In the English Style or in the French Style
Underwear and Dresses
On the Pot at Set Hours
The Revolution of Disposable Diapers
VII Carrying
168
20
Baby Sacks and Babies on Wheels
From the Handcart to the Pushcart
The Harnessed Baby
Harness, Pads, and Forced Walking
Baby on the Wall
Tethers and Turnstiles
The Victory of the First Step
The Passion for the Open Air
The Baby Carriage
Wooden Strollers and Steel Baby Carriages
VIII Rocking
188
18
Wicker Cradles and Hanging Cradles
Boxes, Baskets, and Barrels
Mattresses of straw and Sheets of Gold
"Gentle Shakes"
Iron Bedsteads and Lace
Cradle Litter
Rolling, Pitching, and Vibrations
The Baby in Exile
IX Understanding
206
16
"The Baby Is a Person"
Medieval Coaxing
"Angels for Paradise"
The Feelings of Infants
"The Little King and His Scepter with Bells"
Laws for Babies
The Trial of the Pacifier
Hidden Talents
Bibliography
222
2
Photograph Credits
224
1
Acknowledgments
224