Article ID: CBB210304015

Socio-cultural aspect and medical perspective of breastfeeding in the Middle Ages (2021)

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This paper provides a review of breast, breastfeeding and breast-milk in the Middle Ages through the socio-cultural and medical perspectives. The different socio-cultural and economic factors that were influential in determination of the selection of the nursing person; the mother versus a wet nurse are discussed. The chapter also provides the recommendations of medieval medical authorities in terms of qualities of the breastfeeding person and the ideal breast milk.

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Authors & Contributors
Martucci, Jessica
Knight, R. J.
Tuten, Belle S.
Jouffroy, Christian
Trammel, Juliana Maria da Silva
West, Emily
Concepts
Breasts
Breast feeding
Medicine
Medicine and gender
Women and health
Mothers and children
Time Periods
20th century, late
Medieval
21st century
20th century, early
17th century
Early modern
Places
United States
France
Southern Africa
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Southern states (U.S.)
Weimar Republic (1919-1933)
Institutions
Johns Hopkins University
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