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Record Number:
5129
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Title:
Infant Death in Late Medieval Florence: The Smothering Hypothesis Reconsidered [argues that some infant deaths ascribed to neglectful wet nurses may have been caused by sudden infant death syndrome; neglectful wet nurses did feed female infants less].
Source:
Medieval Family Roles: A Book of Essays. Edited by Cathy Jorgensen Itnyre. Garland Publishing, 1996. Pages 137 - 153.
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Article Type:
Essay
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Florence
Infanticide
Infants
Mortality
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Wet Nurses
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Geographic Area:
Italy
Century:
15
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Table:
Two charts. Table One Causes of infant and child death, Hospital of Santa Maria degli Innocenti, Florence, 1445-1485. Total of 163 deaths recorded. Table Two"Suffocation" deaths, 1445-1485, giving age at admission, age at death, and month and year of death. Total of sixteen deaths.
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Year of Publication:
1996.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0815313292