kris_inwood, 8 months ago to anthropology Medical expertise matters! van Poppel & Ekamper show that infants & children in a high mortality region of the Netherlands 1850-1922 were less likely to die if their fathers were doctors, & even less likely if the doctor had superior medical knowledge. New in Social Science History https://doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2023.7 @demography @geography @sociology @epiverse @anthropology @economics @politicalscience #history #histodons #histdem #medical #knowledge #netherlands #children #infant #mortality
Medical expertise matters! van Poppel & Ekamper show that infants & children in a high mortality region of the Netherlands 1850-1922 were less likely to die if their fathers were doctors, & even less likely if the doctor had superior medical knowledge. New in Social Science History https://doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2023.7 @demography @geography @sociology @epiverse @anthropology @economics @politicalscience #history #histodons #histdem #medical #knowledge #netherlands #children #infant #mortality