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Earle, Rebecca (2017) Food, colonialism and the quantum of happiness. History Workshop Journal, 84 . pp. 170-193. doi:10.1093/hwj/dbx046 ISSN 1363-3554.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/dbx046

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Abstract

In 1799 a group of wealthy women in Madrid began a decade-long experiment aimed at discovering the best substitute for breast milk. The ladies, members of the Junta de Damas affiliated with Madrid’s Royal Economic Society, had taken over the management of the city’s foundling hospital, which provided motivation for their investigation and a ready supply of infants on whom to test their experimental formulas. Unable to find enough wet-nurses for the hundreds of babies now in its charge, the Junta explored substitutes, including goat’s milk, goat’s milk mixed with fennel, and donkey’s milk drunk directly from the animal’s teat. Members kept notes on the outcome of their tests and discussed the results with doctors from the Royal Academy of Medicine. Disappointingly, almost all the babies died. The Junta was therefore eager...

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GT Manners and customs
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Food -- Social aspects -- History., Food habits -- History., West Indies, British -- History., West Indies, British -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800., Orphanages -- Spain -- Madrid -- History -- 18th century., Foundlings -- Spain -- Madrid -- History -- 18th century., Wet nurses -- Spain -- Madrid -- History -- 18th century., Illegitimate children -- Spain -- Madrid -- History -- 18th century., Poor women -- Spain -- Madrid -- History -- 18th century.
Journal or Publication Title: History Workshop Journal
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISSN: 1363-3554
Official Date: 1 October 2017
Dates:
DateEvent
1 October 2017Published
3 September 2017Available
13 January 2017Accepted
Volume: 84
Page Range: pp. 170-193
DOI: 10.1093/hwj/dbx046
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 31 January 2017
Date of first compliant Open Access: 3 September 2019

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