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Swaddling
Swaddling
is an age-old practice of wrapping
infants
in blankets or similar cloths so that movement of the
limb
s is tightly restricted.
Swaddling bands
were often used to further restrict the infant. Swaddling fell out of favor in the 17th century.
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