LEADER 03695nam 22006975 450 001 9910483909703321 005 20230810165200.0 010 $a9783030246891 010 $a3030246892 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-24689-1 035 $a(CKB)4100000008870050 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5845091 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-24689-1 035 $a(Perlego)3491736 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008870050 100 $a20190801d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aReligion, Law, and the Medical Neglect of Children in the United States, 1870-2000 $e'The Science of the Age' /$fby Lynne Curry 205 $a1st ed. 2019. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 197 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in the History of Childhood,$x2634-6540 311 08$a9783030246884 311 08$a3030246884 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- The Physical Child -- The Public Child -- The Metaphysical Child -- The Infected Child -- Children on the Battle Line Between Religion and Medicine -- Children's Medical Care in the Courts -- The Science of the Age. 330 $aDrawing upon a diverse range of archival evidence, medical treatises, religious texts, public discourses, and legal documents, this book examines the rich historical context in which controversies surrounding the medical neglect of children erupted onto the American scene. It argues that several nineteenth-century developments collided to produce the first criminal prosecutions of parents who rejected medical attendance as a tenet of their religious faith. A view of children as distinct biological beings with particularized needs for physical care had engendered both the new medical practice field of pediatrics and a vigorous child welfare movement that forced legislatures and courts to reconsider public and private responsibility for ensuring children's physical well-being. At the same time, a number of healing religions had emerged to challenge the growing authority of medical doctors and the appropriate role of the state in the realm of child welfare. The rapid proliferation of the new healing churches, and the mixed outcomes of parents' criminal trials, reflected ongoing uneasiness about the increasing presence of science in American life. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in the History of Childhood,$x2634-6540 606 $aUnited States$xHistory 606 $aCivilization$xHistory 606 $aSocial history 606 $aMedicine$xHistory 606 $aSociology 606 $aSocial groups 606 $aUS History 606 $aCultural History 606 $aSocial History 606 $aHistory of Medicine 606 $aSociology of Family, Youth and Aging 615 0$aUnited States$xHistory. 615 0$aCivilization$xHistory. 615 0$aSocial history. 615 0$aMedicine$xHistory. 615 0$aSociology. 615 0$aSocial groups. 615 14$aUS History. 615 24$aCultural History. 615 24$aSocial History. 615 24$aHistory of Medicine. 615 24$aSociology of Family, Youth and Aging. 676 $a362.7094109034 676 $a362.19892000973 700 $aCurry$b Lynne$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0848741 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483909703321 996 $aReligion, Law, and the Medical Neglect of Children in the United States, 1870-2000$94332182 997 $aUNINA