CHAPTER III

THE CARE OF FOUNDLINGS, WET-NURSING, AND BABY-FARMING

Terminology--History of the Care of Foundlings--The Latin System and the Germanic System--Some Modern Methods for the Care of Foundlings--Foundling Hospitals, Wet-Nursing, and Baby Farms-- Institutional Care versus Family Care--Supervision of Family Care--Subsidiary Aims of the Care of Foundlings--The Tendency of Evolution 141