Baby and Child Care by Dr Benjamin Spock sold half a million copies just six months after its publication in 1946.
Witness hears from Lynn Bloom, a friend and biographer of the famous paediatrician.
(Photo: Dr Benjamin Spock. Credit: Keystone/Getty Images)
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