A history of the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, Oxford, 1937–1987

Apparently this did not occur in other countries, where mothers could either read instructions on the packet or write to the food companies for advice. When American mothers wrote to manufacturers for directions, they were advised to go to a physician. Although there was an "ideology of scientific motherhood" in early twentieth-century America, no mention is made of the eugenics movement, which was a major factor in the ideology of motherhood in the European and Australasian infant welfare movements in the same period. The comparative study of these cultural and other factors, for which she calls in her final chapter, is currently being undertaken by the reviewer. In this, Apple's scholarly, readable, and well-illustrated book will provide an invaluable aid. It is recommended to all who are interested in the history of nutrition, advertising, women, childhood and the family, in addition to social and medical historians and general readers.