An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

16061 entries, 14144 authors and 1947 subjects. Updated: December 10, 2024

WOLF, Jacqueline H.

2 entries
  • 10623

Don't kill your baby: Public health and the decline of breastfeeding in the 19th and 20th Centuries.

Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University Press, 2001.


Subjects: PEDIATRICS › History of Pediatrics, Social or Sociopolitical Histories of Medicine & the Life Sciences, WOMEN, Publications by › Years 2000 -
  • 10622

Cesarean section: An American history of risk, technology, and consequence.

Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.

A study of the sharp increase in cesarean births (up to 25%) in the U.S. during the 2nd half of the 20th century, as a result of technologization of medicine and, consequently, obstreticians' weakened skills, the malpractice climate, and a health care system in which cesarean section became lucrative.



Subjects: COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › United States , LAW and Medicine & the Life Sciences › Malpractice, OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY › OBSTETRICS › History of Obstetrics, WOMEN, Publications by › Years 2000 -