A Methodist Response to Infant Mortality in the 19th Century: Public Health, Foundling Hospitals, and Abortion Curbs
During the 1850s, infant mortality greatly increased in New York City and other large cities. One of the leading physicians to address this problem in New York City was Dr. David Meredith Reese, an active Methodist layman, who was also involved in many other issues of the day: phrenology, colonizati...
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Seminary
2021
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The Asbury journal
Year: 2021, Volume: 76, Issue: 2, Pages: 358-381 |
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