Sugar tit

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Sugar tit is a folk name for a baby pacifier, or dummy, that was once commonly made and used in North America and Britain. It was made by placing a spoonful of sugar, or honey, in a small patch of clean cloth, then gathering the cloth around the sugar and twisting it to form a bulb. The bulb was then secured by twine or a rubber band.

In use the exposed outfolded fabric could give the appearance of a flower in the baby's mouth. The baby's saliva would slowly dissolve the sugar in the bulb.

As early as 1802 a German physician, Christian Struve, described the sugar tit as "one of the most revolting customs".^[1]

Due to widespread availability of inexpensive commercial baby pacifiers and the unpopularity of feeding babies "empty calories,", as well as the damage caused to emerging teeth, sugar tits are a rarity today, at least in the US and UK.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Gale and Martyn, Dummies and the Health of Hertfordshire Infants, 1911–1930, Soc Hist Med.1995; 8: 231-255 accessed at [1] Feb 21, 2007 - subscription only

External links

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[1] Gale and Martyn, Dummies and the Health of Hertfordshire Infants, 1911–1930, Soc Hist Med.1995; 8: 231-255 accessed at [1] Feb 21, 2007 - subscription only

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