Show GOURD FIRST NURSE BOTTLE specimens on display in british museum seem to be also rattler and picture book combined 1 possibly it a hollow gourd constituted the first babas feeding bottle torn from its parent tree it its edible interior would have found its way to the stomach of its IN adult after which the hollow shell would be filled with milk or other liquid i refreshment for the satisfaction of the infant in tropical countries again the coconut would constitute a natural feeding bottle lil already ready filled llred with the n necessary ec essary nourishment without however indulging lu in speculation cu lation of this kind it may be noted that the archaic vase room at the british museum contains contain specimens of feeding bottles archaeologists call them dating back to between six els and seven hundred years before christ these very early liable bobies bottles bottle are arc usually globular in shape tire are elaborately decorated and are arc covered with small knobs which it Is conjectured were used to hang tiny hells bells upon in short the feeding bottle of those days wa was idso also a rattle and a picture book combined |