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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

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