Word: cornelian
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...movement's name: the Cornelian Corner, from 1) Cornelia, Roman mother of the Gracchi, who called her sons her "jewels," and 2) the time-honored maternal practice of turning toward a corner, away from the family, when nursing a baby. Its president: Detroit Psychiatrist Max Wolfe...
...Cornelians hold that the almost universal hospital practice of separating a baby from its mother at birth is a crime against nature, leading to emotional maladjustment of the child. A baby's emotional needs, they say, are greatest at birth; to be healthy and happy it must be cuddled and suckled whenever it feels the urge. The Cornelian goal: a bassinet beside every maternity...
...Cornelian Corner so far has converted few hospitals. But two Detroit hospitals and others which have adopted the Cornelian plan, allowing infants to nurse as often as 22 times a day, have found that the babies do seem to like...