The Book That Killed 1,000 Babies

The terrible true story of Dr. Benjamin Spock, MD

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In 1946, pediatrician Dr. Benjamin McClane Spock, MD, published a book of radical parenting advice that antagonized the status quo, provoked a country, and unleashed an infant death epidemic.

Every tragedy has an origin story and every story offers lessons for us to learn. The story of the book…