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How Many Babies Did Die? (2)
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A double-sided postcard commending the efforts of Montclair, New Jersey to reduce the number of infants succumbing to diarrheal disease during the hot spell of July 1911. What the mortality rate could have been in other cities, had they followed Montclair's example, is explored. On the back, parents are urged to dress their children for comfort, not looks, during hot summer months.
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Child rearing, Infants' clothing, Children's clothing, Infants, Mortality, Nutrition, Statistics, Milk, Milk, Milk hygiene
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mk1e014m002
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New York. New York City.
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Collection
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New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
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Bodin on Witch Hunting
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This little black book with the steeply pointed clasps advertises its contents as "magic" on the spine, but crack it open and you'll find the most influential manual for witch hunting published in France in the sixteenth century. First published in 1580 (this edition is from 1593), Jean Bodin's Demonomanie argues that any measure necessary should be applied in order to catch practitioners of sorcery, including allowing children to testify against their parents.
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How to Pass Your O.W.L.s at Hogwarts: A Prep Course
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Hernández's Dragon Skeleton
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Spanish physician Francisco Hernández published the first natural history of Mexico in 1651, and in it reproduces this desiccated dragon, said to have belonged to Cardinal Barbarini. Barbarini's specimen impressed the members of the early Italian Society of the Lynx, and a live rendering can be found in Ulisse Aldrovandi. Daydreaming Defense Against the Dark Arts students will be the first to notice that a dragon skeleton hangs from the ceiling of their classroom. As Gilderoy Lockhart drones on, imagine you're off hunting in Romania with Charlie Weasley.
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How to Pass Your O.W.L.s at Hogwarts: A Prep Course
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Record of Accomplishments and Prospectus
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This leaflet documents the Record of Acomplishments and Prospectus of the New York Milk Committee from 1906 to 1910. Areas highlighted include research, education, the promotion of clean milk, and the initiation of legislation designed to raise the standards and quality of the milk supply. A program for fututre action in 1911 is outlined in reference to these four facets of the Committee's activities. The names of board and committee members are included on the back.
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Milk, Milk depots, Milk hygiene, Infants, Mortality, Education, Legislation, Publicity, Publicity, Mothers, Tuberculosis, Dairy farming, Economic policy, Physicians
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mk1e002
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Geographic Subject
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New York. New York City.
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Collection
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New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
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Schott's Centaur
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Gaspar Schott's grimacing centaur looks like he may topple over from the weight of the world on his shoulders...or is that the weight of the heavens? When the centaurs of the Forbidden Forest are first introduced in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, they seem too consumed with star-gazing to worry much about the big school on the hill. That changes when the centaur Firenze is coaxed to teach Divination. Schott, a German Jesuit (Athanasius Kircher was Dumbledore to his Harry) published his Physica curiosa (1662), an astonishing compilation of stories and illustrations about strange births and fantastic creatures.
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How to Pass Your O.W.L.s at Hogwarts: A Prep Course
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An Accomplishment (1911) and an Expectation (1912)
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This single folded sheet leaflet provides a summary of the New York Milk Committee's 1911 accomplishments and a prescription for future action in 1912. Among the triumphs touted are a reduction in infant mortality, the completion of a study of national milk standards, and the apportionment of a grant for the creation of 55 new Municipal Milk Stations. On the back, a reproduced still image from "Care of the Baby," a motion picture filmed for the New York Milk Committee by Thomas A. Edison, depicts mothers, infants, and nurses at a milk station.
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Milk, Infants, Mortality, Milk depots, Milk hygiene, Food adulteration and inspection, Food contamination, Food spoilage, Food spoilage, Motion pictures
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mk1e002
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New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
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Pomet's Stag
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Expecto Patronum! The French apothecary Pierre Pomet writes that the very bones of deer could "revive the Spirits expel Melancholy, and help the Palpitation of the Heart." All three Potters—Harry, father James, and mother Lily have the fleet-footed deer patronus in common (James is also a stag, while Lily is a doe). No wonder the appearance of Harry's agile animal spirit and guardian steadied him during his face-offs with the most evil wizard of all time.
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How to Pass Your O.W.L.s at Hogwarts: A Prep Course
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A Letter to Expectant Mothers
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Illustrated with the image of a mother embracing her infant beside a changing table, this New York Milk Committee circular aims at promoting prenatal care. Inside the circular a letter to the expectant mother advises on the health of both mother and unborn child and provides a list of NYC hospitals and clinics providing maternity care. On the back, a list of pure milk and health clinics in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx is provided.
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Milk, Infants, Pregnancy, Health, Maternal and infant welfare, Mothers, Prenatal care
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mk1e035
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Geographic Subject
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New York. New York City.
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Collection
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New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
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A Letter to Expectant Mothers [Yiddish]
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A Yiddish language circular of the New York Milk Committee, illustrated with the image of a mother embracing her infant beside a changing table and aimed at promoting prenatal care. Inside the circular a letter to the expectant mother advises on the health of both mother and unborn child and provides a list of NYC hospitals and clinics providing maternity care. On the back, a list of pure milk and health clinics in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx is provided.
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Milk, Infants, Pregnancy, Health, Maternal and infant welfare, Mothers, Prenatal care
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mk1e036m001
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Geographic Subject
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New York. New York City.
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Collection
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New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
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