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Selection criteria for wet-nurses: Ancient recommendations that survived across time
This article will describe the content of the key criteria for the selection of wet nurses that persisted across time and the authors who transmitted this advice. Where relevant, it will include variations, such as additional recommendations or a different weighting being given to one or other criterion by a particular author. The focus is on the selection of a wet nurse for the employer's baby. The factors that led a woman to enter this employment and the consequences for her own baby will not be addressed here as they will be discussed elsewhere. The article is an historical one, drawing on primary sources, where possibl...
Source: Breastfeeding Review - December 7, 2017 Category: Midwifery Authors: Virginia Thorley Tomasz Sioda Source Type: research
