Gurunluoglu, Aslin (Author)
Gurunluoglu, Raffi (Author)
Medicina nei Secoli - Arte e Scienza
Volume: 33
Issue: 1
Pages: 31-70
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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