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We also left off William Rothstein's American Physicians in the Nineteenth Century: From Sects to Science (Johns Hopkins University Press, reprint edition 1992) and Judith Walzer Leavitt's Brought to Bed: Child-Rearing in America, 1750-1950 (Oxford University Press, 1986) for similar reasons.
Third, these books are in no particularly order. We don't think number 1 is more important or better than number 10.
#Regina Morantz-Sanchez, '''''[http://www.powells.com/book/conduct-unbecoming-a-woman-medicine-on-trial-in-turn-of-the-century-brooklyn-9780195139280?partnerid=41307&p_ti Conduct Unbecoming a Woman: Medicine on Trial in Turn-of-the-Century Brooklyn]''''' (Oxford University Press, 2000)
#Leslie Reagan, '''''[http://www.powells.com/book/dangerous-pregnancies-mothers-disabilities-and-abortion-in-modern-america-9780520274570?partnerid=41307&p_ti Dangerous Pregnancies: Mothers, Disabilities, and Abortion in Modern America]''''' (University of California Press 2012)