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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

TYLER, Mary Hunt Palmer (1775 – 1866)

1775 – 1866

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1811

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The maternal physician; a treatise on the nurture and management of infants, from the birth until two years old. Being the result of sixteen years' experience in the nursery. Illustrated by extracts from the most approved medical authors

TYLER, Mary Hunt Palmer (1775 – 1866)

The first American book on pediatrics, in the tradition of "advice books" or childcare manuals for mothers. This was the first American printed book on a medical subject written by a woman. Pages 248-75 publish a list…