To Nurse the Young: Breastfeeding and Infant Feeding in Late Imperial China (Hsiung, 1995)

Notes:

p.218, well-known medical texts discussed the proper nutrition of infants in the Tang dynasty (618-907)

“The medical specialty of pediatrics had not yet appeared in the T’ang dynasty (618-907). But well-known medical texts discussed the proper feeding of food (pu) and giving of milk (ju) to infants.”^[1]

p.218, paediatrics emerged during the Sung dynasty (960-1279), prompting increasingly elaborate discussions about child-rearing

“In the Sung dynasty (960-1279), the emergence of pediatrics prompted increasingly elaborate discussions of child-rearing. The anonymous text titled A Thorough Discussion of the Hygiene of Small Children (Hsiao-erh wei-sheng tsung-wei lun fang), provides a rich source of discussion on breastfeeding.”^[1:1]

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