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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
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/dbx046
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 | ||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 31 January 2017 | ||||||||
| 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 |
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