Bryder Linda
History Department, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Endeavour. 2009 Jun;33(2):54-9. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2009.04.008. Epub 2009 May 21.
In the early twentieth century, mothers began to turn towards scientific infant-feeding formulae as an alternative to breastfeeding their babies. This is strange because the benefits of breastfeeding were widely recognised. The extraordinary rise of the formula feed therefore demands a special explanation, one that includes an appreciation of key changes in public health, the emergence of paediatrics as a profession, commercial interests and advances in the sciences of bacteriology and nutrition. All these factors conspired to propel the formula feed to the fore.
在二十世纪初,母亲们开始转向科学的婴儿配方奶粉,以此替代母乳喂养婴儿。这很奇怪,因为母乳喂养的益处已得到广泛认可。因此,配方奶粉的异军突起需要一个特别的解释,这个解释要涵盖对公共卫生领域关键变化的认识、儿科学作为一门专业的兴起、商业利益以及细菌学和营养学领域的科学进展。所有这些因素共同作用,促使配方奶粉崭露头角。