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Breastfeeding
In 15 62, there is a record of nursing, meaning to care for a person during sickness or infirmity. The idea of breast feeding, acting as a wet nurse was ded well 30 years earlier. So it's quite possible that they arose in parallel. Do you know much about wet nursing? Means an interesting phrase in itself. A wet nurse is somebody who breast feeds a baby on your behalf,. soveoty on the nother half. And much more common, obviously, historically, than than these days. But i think quite often the aristocracy or the nobility had their children wet nursed for the benefit of the child’s health. There was an imperative
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