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Of course, Mrs Beeton was dead by the time the present form of book was
compiled and published by her husband. So that may have a lot more to do
with it, than with Mrs Beeton's thoughts on the subject. Especially as
she died of child bed fever, the day after birthing her son.
Morgan Gallagher
Norma Ritter wrote:
> I just came across this very interesting passage from *Mrs Beeton's Book of
> Household Management* , And, finally, though we would never—where the mother
> had the strength to suckle her child—supersede the breast, we would insist
> on making it a rule to accustom the child as early as possible to the use of
> an artificial diet, not only that it may acquire more vigour to help it over
> the ills of childhood, but that, in the absence of the mother, it might not
> miss the maternal sustenance; and also for the parent's sake, that, should
> the milk, from any cause, become vitiated, or suddenly cease, the child can
> be made over to the bottle and the spoon without the slightest apprehension
> of hurtful consequences.
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