Description: Growing Pains : Childhood Illness in Ireland 1, Hardcover by MAC Lellan, Anne; Mauger, Alice; Earner-byrne, Lindsey (FRW), ISBN 0716531607, ISBN-13 9780716531609, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US In the 1800s, one-fifth of Irish infants died before their first birthday. Editors from University College Dublin's Center for the History of Medicine in Ireland gather contributors from Irish universities to reveal the reality behind the shocking statistics, exploring the social causes and consequences of childhood epidemics of TB, smallpox, rickets, and influenza over the course of 200 years. They disclose the role of institutions such as workhouses and industrial schools in spreading disease, and also describe the development of children's hospital services and the work of key figures and organizations in the fight against childhood illness in Ireland. Th draws on institutional records, government publications, oral history, and scholarship. It includes b&w historical photos. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Growing Pains : Childhood Illness in Ireland 1750-1950
Number of Pages: 274 Pages
Publication Name: Growing Pains : Childhood Illness in Ireland 1750-1950
Language: English
Publisher: Irish Academic Press
Publication Year: 2013
Item Height: 1.1 in
Subject: Pediatrics, Medical History & Records, Children's Studies, Health Care Delivery, Human Services, Europe / Ireland
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 21 Oz
Item Length: 9.8 in
Author: Alice Mauger
Subject Area: Social Science, Medical, History
Item Width: 6.8 in
Format: Hardcover
