Some of you might like to know that my colleague and I have published a new
article on the survival across the centuries of ancient selection criteria
for wet-nurses. Where possible, we have used primary sources and included
references from a wide range of settings. We have also pointed out that,
however rigorous the selection criteria were, it did not mean they were
always followed, especially in times when women willing to work as
wet-nurses were hard to find.
Another article on a related topic, the evolution of milk sharing, appeared
in the same issue.
(1) Thorley V, Sioda T. Selection criteria for wet-nurses: ancient
recommendations that survived across time. Breastfeeding Review 2016;
24(1): 13-24.
(2) Baumgartel KI, et al., From royal wet nurses to facebook: the evolution
of breastmilk sharing. Breastfeeding Review 2016; 24(1): 24-32.

Virginia
in Ipswich, Queensland, where we have just finished one heatwave and are
about to start another.

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