Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c11.22

c11.22

§ 44. The Wet-nurse :- The mother's milk is recommended as the best food for promoting growth and nourishment. If it is not healthy, a wet-nurse should be engaged (AHr 6.1.15). The wet-nurse (*dhātrī*) should be of the same status in society as that of the child, of middle stature, neither too thin nor too fat, healthy, of good behaviour, free from blameable inclinations, not greedy, not crippled or crooked or of frightful appearance, clean, loving, belonging to good family, not of low caste or of inferior occupation, reliable, of elegant dark complexion, chaste, one whose child is living and is of male race and healthy, and who has plentiful and healthy milk. Her