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- Title
Technical Inventions That Enabled Artificial Infant Feeding.
- Authors
Obladen, Michael
- Abstract
Artificial feeding of infants, called hand-feeding, was unsafe well into the 19th century. This paper aims to identify technical innovations which made artificial feeding less dangerous. In rapid succession from 1844 to 1886, the vulcanization of rubber, production of rubber teats, cooling machines for large-scale ice production, techniques for milk pasteurization, evaporation and condensation, and packing in closed tins were invented or initiated. Remarkably, most of these inventions preceded the discovery of pathogenic bacteria. The producers of proprietary infant formula made immediate use of these innovations, whereas in the private household artificial feeding remained highly dangerous - mostly because of ignorance about bacteria and hygiene, and partly because the equipment for safe storage, transport, preparation and application of baby food was lacking. © 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
TECHNOLOGICAL innovations; PATHOGENIC bacteria; INFANT formulas; BACTERIAL diseases; CREATIVE ability in technology
- Publication
Neonatology (16617800), 2014, Vol 106, Issue 1, p62
- ISSN
1661-7800
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000357936