1.0ACC Art Books UKhttps://www.accartbooks.com/ukACC Art Books UKhttps://www.accartbooks.com/ukrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="fuRBy2YAxI"><a href="https://www.accartbooks.com/uk/book/the-second-oldest-profession/">The Second Oldest Profession</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.accartbooks.com/uk/book/the-second-oldest-profession/embed/#?secret=fuRBy2YAxI" width="600" height="338" title="“The Second Oldest Profession” — ACC Art Books UK" data-secret="fuRBy2YAxI" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.accartbooks.com/uk/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.accartbooks.com/app/uploads/books/9780789215215-04-1.jpg14001404Title: The Second Oldest Profession, Pages: 176 Pages, Publish Date: 11th May 2026, Author: Barbara Zucker, ISBN: . An illustrated exploration of an age-old occupation, at once life-giving and freighted with contradictory ideas about women and their bodies.5 Revered and Reviled 11 Hathor and the Ancient Past 17 Lactating Fountains and Paintings 35 The Wet Nurse in Europe, America and Beyond 53 Testing, Testing, Squirt and Sip 63 Strange Beliefs 69 Why Did the Wet Nurse Nurse? 75 Milk Would Flow 81 More About Hiring Practices 85 What Happened to the Babies? 89 Separating the Milk From the Breast 95 A Past Connection 99 Infant Mortality, Infanticide, and Abandonment 109 Infant Feeding and Weaning 113 Interspecies Nursing 125 Searching 137 The Breast 149 Food for Thought 159 Acknowledgments 161 Afterword 162 Plates 166 Works Cited & Consulted 168 Notes