Baby's Health and Record : A Practical Handbook for the Young Mother

Mount Vernon NY: Merval Corporation. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1923. Stapled wraps. Light edgewear, light tone, light wear. Solid paperback stapled wraps. ; "The material in this book is a compilation from the latest and most authentic sources on child hygiene. Full text and extracts from the official publications of the following authorities have been reprinted by permission: the United States Government, Boards of Health of New York State and New York City." 29th Revised Edition. Pediatric health pamphlet sponsored by the Baby's Health Association, "a group of manufacturers of articles that mother and baby need, the merchants who sell these artilces, and other representative business men who advertise in "Baby's Health", believing that the distribution of this little booklet furthers the great child welfare work of the country; and it will be welcomed by the mother to whom it comes as an ever-present help in that most important and always more or less precarious occupation - RAISING THE BABY." Merval started publishing this pamphlet in 1913, and continued at least until 1935. Period advertising, lovely color borders and illustrations. This copy has the imprint on the first page of four merchant members from Elmira, New York. An attractive and interesting piece highlighting the growth of the infant consumer marketplace, public health and pediatric medicine. ; [76] pages .