Infant diet cards

Made:
circa 1930 in Evansville
Infant diet cards

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Selection of infant diet cards, by Mead, Johnson and Co., Evansville, Indiana, USA, c. 1930

Details

Category:
Nursing & Hospital Furnishings
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A630921
Materials:
case, wood
Measurements:
card: length 81 mm
card: width 128 mm
type:
diet card sets

Parts

Two infant feeding tables, consists of cards in plastic sleeve with window

Infant feeding tables

Two infant feeding tables, consists of cards in plastic sleeve with window

Object Number:
A630921 Pt2
type:
infant feeding tables
"Instructions for expectant mothers and the care of infants", 16pp

Instructions for expectant mothers

"Instructions for expectant mothers and the care of infants", 16pp

Object Number:
A630921 Pt3
type:
booklets
Set of 10 weight charts, age of baby (up to 70 weeks) plotted aginst weight (up to 27 pounds)

Set of 10 infant weight charts

Set of 10 weight charts, age of baby (up to 70 weeks) plotted aginst weight (up to 27 pounds)

Object Number:
A630921 Pt4
type:
graphs
"Explanations of MEAD'S Slide Feeding Table for Mead's Dextr-Maltose Fresh Cow's Milk and Water in Infant Feeding", 16pp

Explanations of MEAD'S Slide Feeding Table

"Explanations of MEAD'S Slide Feeding Table for Mead's Dextr-Maltose Fresh Cow's Milk and Water in Infant Feeding", 16pp

Object Number:
A630921 Pt5
type:
booklets
Set of 32 cards; some give diets for specific illnesses, others instructions for use of particular foods

Infant diet cards

Set of 32 cards; some give diets for specific illnesses, others instructions for use of particular foods

Object Number:
A630921 Pt6
type:
diet cards
Four sets of four cards, each set in brown envelope, to be given to mother "one card at a time"

Infant diet cards

Four sets of four cards, each set in brown envelope, to be given to mother "one card at a time"

Object Number:
A630921 Pt7
type:
diet cards
Including an age-weight chart

Infant age-weight chart

Including an age-weight chart

Object Number:
A630921 Pt8
type:
infant history cards
Card index of diets for infants, by Mead, Johnson and Co., Evansville, Indiana, USA, c. 1930

Infant diet cards

Card index of diets for infants, by Mead, Johnson and Co., Evansville, Indiana, USA, c. 1930

Measurements:
card: length 81 mm
card: width 128 mm
Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
A630921 Pt9
type:
diet card sets