Meet the Experts: Wet-Nursing the Foundling Babies
Who nursed the babies brought to the Foundling Hospital? Find out in this talk. Join us in person at the Museum or online.
Throughout history and across cultures people have had to grapple with the problem of what to do if a birth mother cannot feed her own baby. One solution has been wet nurses: the nursing of an infant by another woman. Discover the lives of the Foundling Hospital wet nurses in this talk. Join us in person or online.
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Foundling Museum
40 Brunswick Square, London, Greater London, WC1N 1AZ
020 7841 3600
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