| Hygiea Internationalis 2007 6(2): 195–213 | |||||
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Author: |
Sünje Prühlen | ||||
Publication title: |
What was the Best for an Infant from the Middle Ages to Early Modern Times in Europe? The Discussion Concerning Wet Nurses | ||||
Publication type: |
Article | ||||
Volume: |
6 | ||||
Issue: |
2 | ||||
| Article no.: | 12 | ||||
| doi: | 10.3384/hygiea.1403-8668.0771195 | ||||
Language: |
English | ||||
| Abstract: | The question who has been appropriate to nurse a child has been very important. Especially in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Times parents found themselves in the conflict between theological and medical views on the one side and their own opinion on the other. In the German speaking part of Europe authors like Bartholmäus Metlinger may influence the parents because he published in their language his treatises. Different other authors told the parents not to select a wet nurse because of the bad influence on the child. But have they been successful? Do we know anything about the parents, the children and the wet nurses? The article focuses a special part of Europe, which has been influenced by antique convictions as well as other European regions. | ||||
| Keywords: | Wet nurse, childhood, motherhood, breast milk, middle ages, early modern times, Bartholomäus Metlinger, family | ||||
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Publisher: |
Linköping University Electronic Press, Linköpings universitet | ||||
| Year: | 2007 | ||||
Available: |
2007-12-27 | ||||
No.of pages: |
19 | ||||
| Pages: | 195–213 | ||||
| Journal: | Hygiea Internationalis : An Interdisciplinary Journal for the History of Public Health | ||||
| ISSN (print): | 1403-8668 | ||||
| ISSN (online): | 1404-4013 | ||||
File: |
http://www.ep.liu.se/ej/hygiea/v6/i2/a12/hygiea07v6i2a12.pdf | ||||
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