The Quiet Visitor

<p>The Quiet Visitor: A Book for Lying-In Women by Francis Bourdillon offers a glimpse into the experience of pregnancy and early motherhood during the Victorian era. Written in a gentle and reassuring tone this book provided guidance and comfort to women during their confinement after childbirth. While medical practices have evolved significantly since its original publication in 1885 Bourdillon's work remains a valuable historical document revealing the social attitudes and expectations surrounding motherhood at the time.</p> <p>This book provides insights into the domestic lives of women and the support systems that were in place. It serves as a reminder of the changes in maternal care and the enduring importance of providing support and understanding to new mothers.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>