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« Eramus Darwin, 1801 on non-severance of the cord  »

DateSaturday, January 28, 2012 at 6:55PM

Another thing very injurious to the child is the tying and cutting of the navel string too soon; which should always be left till the child has not only repeatedly breathed but till all pulsation in the cord ceases. As otherwise the child is much weaker than it ought to be, a part of the blood being left in the placent which ought to have been in the child. 

Wrote Erasmus Darwin, in 1801.
The Laws of Organic Life, second edition London 

Erasmus Darwin (12 December 1731 – 18 April 1802) An English Physician.

 

Found in Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering by Sarah J. Buckley, MD. Along with loads of other gems, but I had to share this one. 

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