Stories
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Are you still nursing?
Julia Martins might get the side-eye for breastfeeding a three-year-old in the UK but, as she explains, examples from history, as well as the cultural norms of Brazil, where she grew up, are firmly on the side of extended nursing.
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Why I don’t like prescribing sleeping pills
Sleeping pills often seem a simple option for aiding sleep or when dealing with anxiety, but there are many risks, and our anonymous GP is not afraid to say no to patients.
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Communities of cross-feeders
A desire to help leads some women to “cross-feed” – breastfeed other parents’ babies for free. Alev Scott delves into the emotions behind this altruistic act.
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Drugs in Victorian Britain
Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?
Catalogue
- Books
Weaning / Boots.
Boots Company.Date: [1992]- Books
Weaning the Elizabethan child / Valerie Fildes.
Fildes, Valerie.Date: 1980- Books
Weaning : on the bottle again / V. Fildes.
Fildes, Valerie.Date: 1980- Books
Weaning : a step by step guide / SMA Nutrition.
SMA Nutrition.Date: 1993- Books
Weaning your baby : a guide to introducing solid foods / Boots.
Date: 1999