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A woman breastfeeding her baby and looking after two small children in a rural setting. Engraving.

Fifteen vignettes relating to child care, domestic medicine, effects of alcohol and eating. Etching by G. Cruikshank after himself.

A woman breastfeeding her child among her busy family. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1786, after A. van Ostade.

The Virgin Mary seated on the lap of Saint Anne lifts up the infant Christ in order to place him on a wooden structure that Joseph has built for him. Process print after a drawing attributed to a member of the Roman school.

An older child looking lovingly over her mother's shoulder as she breast feeds an infant. Etching after A. Correggio.

Bringing up the normal child / editor: Henry Smith Williams, M.D., LL.D.

Child care / Graeme Snodgrass.

A new method of educating children, or, Rules and directions for the well ordering and governing them during their younger years : shewing that they are capable ... : also, what methods is to be used by breeding women ... / written ... by Tho. Tryon.

Letters to married women, on nursing and the management of children / by Hugh Smith.

Child health and character / by Elizabeth M. Sloan Chesser.

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Bringing up the normal child / editor: Henry Smith Williams, M.D., LL.D.

Child care / Graeme Snodgrass.

A new method of educating children, or, Rules and directions for the well ordering and governing them during their younger years : shewing that they are capable ... : also, what methods is to be used by breeding women ... / written ... by Tho. Tryon.

Letters to married women, on nursing and the management of children / by Hugh Smith.

Child health and character / by Elizabeth M. Sloan Chesser.