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American Journal of Public Health (New York, N.Y. : 1912) logoLink to American Journal of Public Health (New York, N.Y. : 1912)
. 1921 Feb;11(2):153–157. doi: 10.2105/ajph.11.2.153

BREAST FEEDING IN THE REDUCTION OF INFANT MORTALITY

J P Sedgwick, E C Fleischner
PMCID: PMC1353694  PMID: 18010443

Abstract

These authors do not absolve their brother physicians from responsibility in the high infant mortality through bottle feeding and note that medical schools spend hours teaching artificial feeding against a casual attitude in discussing maternal nursing. The story is told of the Minneapolis demonstration which helped reduce infant mortality there from 81 to 65.

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