- A
wet nurse is a
woman who
breastfeeds and
cares for another's child.
Wet nurses are emplo**** if the
mother dies, if she is
unable to
nurse the child...
-
household slaves.
During infancy,
babies were
often nursed and
cared for by
wet nurses, or nutrix.
Nurses were used by
families of
every social level and...
- infant's
mother or by a surrogate,
typically called a
wet nurse. In most societies,
women nurse their own
babies unless prevented by
illness or death...
- The
Nurse is a
character in
William Shakespeare's
classic drama Romeo and Juliet. She is the
personal servant, guardian, and
former wet nurse of Juliet...
- 1887 — 3
February 1946) was a
Chinese court lady. She was the
imperial wet nurse of Puyi, the last
Emperor of
China and
final ruler of the Qing dynasty...
- Maia was the
wet nurse of the
ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun in the 14th
century BC. Her rock-cut tomb was
discovered in the
Saqqara necropolis...
-
Animals were used as
substitute wet nurses for infants,
particularly after the rise of
syphilis increased the
health risks of
wet nursing.
Goats and donkeys...
-
Deborah (Hebrew: דְּבוֹרָה Deborah)
appears in the
Hebrew Bible as the
wet nurse of
Rebecca (Genesis 35:8). She is
first mentioned by name in the Torah...
- from breastfeeding. Lack of
other sources of
breast milk: Lack of
wet nurses:
Wet nursing is
illegal and
stigmatized in some countries, and may not be...
- is the
daughter of Ops and
granddaughter of Peisenor, as well as the
wet-
nurse of Odysseus. As a girl,
Eurycleia was
bought by Laertes, Odysseus' father...
