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The Milk of Life

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Did Panada in a Gourd With a Cork Nipple Make It?

Amy bentley is a professor of food studies at new york university and author of the book inventing baby food. Carla told us about pap boats, which were super shallow sort of dishes to help the food cool down before feeding the baby. There are archaeological findings that show types of bottles or gourds being possibly used for infant feeding. The substitute milk was' necessarily an nor was the bottle it was served in. These easily got contaminated with bacteria, and they contributed to diarrhea.

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