Touching : the human significance of the skin /
Ashley Montagu.
- Third edition.
- xv, 494 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Perennial Library .
- Perennial Library. .
Previous edition, 1978.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Acknowledgments -- The Mind of the Skin -- The Womb of Time -- Breastfeeding -- Tender, Loving Care -- The Physiological Effects of Touching -- Skin and Sex -- Growth and Development -- Culture and Contact -- Touch and Age -- Envoi -- Therapeutic Touch -- The Effects upon the Mother of Removal of the Infant Immediately after Birth -- References -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Appendix 1. Appendix 2.