Rectangular soft cover The Canadian Mother and Child reference book with rust and white stock paper front and back covers with identical prints of realistic pencil illustration of mother holding baby; title information printed on front cover in white letters; thin rectangular cream paper pages with…
Rectangular soft cover The Canadian Mother and Child reference book with rust and white stock paper front and back covers with identical prints of realistic pencil illustration of mother holding baby; title information printed on front cover in white letters; thin rectangular cream paper pages with words printed in black and red ink on both sides with many cartoon illustrations; title pages and table of contents at front and index at back; book covers a wide variety of topics concerning caring for young babies including prenatal care; 17 chapters divided into 4 parts; 143 pages.
Printed on front cover in white letters: “THE CANADIAN // MOTHER and // CHILD // DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL HEALTH AND WELFARE, OTTAWA”; printed on front of title page in black ink: “The // CANADIAN MOTHER // and CHILD // Fourth Edition // 1955 // DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL HEALTH AND WELFARE, // OTTAWA”; printed on back of title page: “Price 25c // EDMUND CLOUTIER, C. M. G., O. A., D. S. P. // QUEEN’S PRINTER AND CONTROLLER OF STATIONARY // Ottawa, 1955”; part titles: “PART I: THE EXPECTANT MOTHER”, “PART II: THE BIRTH OF THE BABY”, “PART III: CARE OF THE NORMAL BABY”, “PART IV: BABIES NEEDING SPECIAL CARE”
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-3
Length
22.9 cm
Width
15.3 cm
Depth
0.9 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Major creasing to front and back covers along spine and at corners; minor distortion of shape, making book slightly convex
Copy Type
original
Reference Types
Artifact
Reference Comments
The Canadian Mother and Child, Fourth Edition, Forward
Research Facts
The Canadian Mother and Child was originally written by former Chief of the Child and Maternal Health Division of the Department of National Health and Welfare Dr. Ernest Couture in 1940; this fourth edition was completely revised under the supervision of Dr. Couture and specialists from each Canadian province; it was written to provide parents with general information to help care for infants at home and prepare parents for the day-to-day realities of parenting.