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Wet nurse

life science Maturity 11-13

A wet nurse helps a baby.

A Russian wet nurse, c. 1913.jpg
A Russian wet nurse, c. 1913.jpg
She gives the baby milk. This helps when a mother is sick. It helps when a mother cannot feed her baby. It is a very old way to help.
The bureau of wet nurses in Paris - wet nurses waiting to be Wellcome V0015043.jpg
The bureau of wet nurses in Paris - wet nurses waiting to be Wellcome V0015043.jpg
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File:A Russian wet nurse, c. 1913.jpg
A Russian wet nurse, c. 1913.jpg
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4796 - Brescia - S. Giulia - Stele di...
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Catherine Willoughby exiled.jpg
File:The bureau of wet nurses in Paris - wet nurses waiting to be Wellcome V0015043.jpg
The bureau of wet nurses in Paris - wet...
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Wet Nurse.png
File:Visite Chez la Nourrice (Visit to the Wetnurse) (from Journal l'Artiste) MET DP841080.jpg
Visite Chez la Nourrice (Visit to the...
File:An infant who has been living with a wet-nurse being taken a Wellcome V0015113.jpg
An infant who has been living with a...
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