“between 1915 and 1930, US maternal mortality did not decline and deaths of babies from birth injuries actually increased. Hospitals advertised widely, urging mothers to ‘go for the best’, and women believed they were getting just that when they paid… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
A broken heart is a distemper which kills many more than is generally imagined, and would have a fair title to a place in the bills of mortality, did it not differ in one instance from all other diseases, namely,… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image