Soc Sci Med. 1988;27(5):461-9.

The quality of a mother's milk and the health of her child: beliefs and practices of the women of Mithila.

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Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, England.

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Among Maithil women there is an understanding of the relation between a mother's milk and the health of her child. Their understanding is supported by the Ayurvedic tradition. Characteristic is the way in which breast-feeding condenses so many meanings--nutritional, medical and moral--into one act. The mother not only nurses her child but also forms his character, fulfills her own personhood and perpetuates her husband's family.

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