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Record Number:
3723
Author(s)/Creator(s):
MacLehose , William F.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Nurturing Danger: High Medieval Medicine and the Problem(s) of the Child
Source:
Medieval Mothering. Edited by John Carmi Parsons and Bonnie Wheeler. Garland Publishing, 1996. Pages 3 - 24.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Breast Feeding
Infants
Medicine
Menstruation
Mothers
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
General
Century:
12-13
Primary Evidence:
Illustrations:
Table:
Abstract:
Medical literature of the High Middle Ages reveals concern for children's health that derived from and reinforced anxieties over women's bodily fluids which were transformed from slightly hazardous nourishment into toxic liquids. [Reproduced by permission of Garland Publishing]
Related Resources:
Author's Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D. student)
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1996.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0815323417