title: [Drops of milk and thirst for power: the under side of the struggle against infant mortality in Montreal, 1910-1953].
abstract: This study discusses the development of the network of baby clinics in francophone Montreal, beginning in the 1910s, which were to be the source of serious conflicts between various advocates, namely, groups of priests and physicians, members of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste National Federation, and municipal government. Child-saving, a fitting nationalist project to bring together elites in the same cause, instead degenerated into a power struggle. Conceived in different terms and after the various political ambitions of the parties became irreconciliable, the organization for the battle against infant mortality in Montreal proved to be a powerful reflection of the discords which separated those who were concerned about the future of the nation and those with ambitions for their personal advancement.
authors.affiliation: Département d'histoire, Université de Montréal, Québec.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baillargeon
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002675:Child, Preschool; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007224:Infant Care / Q000266:history*; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011057:Politics
vernacular_title: Gouttes de lait et soif de pouvoir. Les dessous de la lutte contre la mortalité infantile à Montréal, 1910-1953.