No Such Thing As A Fish No Such Thing As Harry Potter And The Great Overreaction
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Mar 9, 2018 AI Snips
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Hanging Babies Helped Mothers Work
- Seventeenth-century mothers often swaddled infants and hung them from hooks or trees while working.
- Cradleboards and bags performed the same function across cultures and enabled mothers to gather food and work.
Early Prams Triggered Legal Controls
- Prams and small vehicles were legally regulated during their early adoption, reflecting social anxiety about new domestic mobility.
- Germany required pram licenses and Britain considered four-wheeled prams road vehicles, sometimes prosecuting users.
Question Old Medical Remedies
- Try historical remedies with great caution because many were misguided.
- Twelfth-century texts advised inducing sneezing during labour, which modern medicine does not support.