Editing Mouse (section)

=== As food ===
Humans have eaten mice since [[Prehistory|prehistoric times]]. In Victorian Britain, fried mice were still given to children as a folk remedy for [[Enuresis|bed-wetting]];<ref>[[Flora Thompson]], ''Lark Rise to Candleford'' (Oxford 1949) p. 504</ref> while [[Jared Diamond]] reports creamed mice being used in England as a dietary supplement during [[World War II|Second World War]] rationing.<ref>J Diamond, ''The World until Yesterday'' (Penguin 2012) p. 314</ref> Mice are a delicacy throughout eastern [[Zambia]] and northern [[Malawi]],<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.bridgewater.edu/~mtembo/mbeba.html | title=Mice as a Delicacy: the Significance of Mice in the Diet of the Tumbuka People of Eastern Zambia | first=Mwizenge S. | last=Tembo | access-date=13 August 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080623091951/http://www.bridgewater.edu/~mtembo/mbeba.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 23 June 2008}}</ref> where they are a seasonal source of [[protein]]. Field rat is a popular food in Vietnam and neighboring countries.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/science/coronavirus-rats-vietnam.html |date=2020-06-19 |title=Wildlife Trade Spreads Coronaviruses as Animals Get to Market |work=The New York Times |first=James |last=Gorman}}</ref> In many countries, however, mouse is no longer a food item.

Prescribed cures in Ancient Egypt included mice as medicine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/health_01.shtml|title=BBC – History – Ancient History in depth: Health Hazards and Cures in Ancient Egypt|access-date=15 August 2016}}</ref> In Ancient Egypt, when infants were ill, mice were eaten as treatment by their mothers.<ref name="Hart2001">{{cite book|author=Hart, George |title=What life was like|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ReNvp-J9z-sC|date=1 May 2001|publisher=Time Life Books|isbn=978-0-7370-1007-7|page=40}}</ref><ref name="PressPress2002">{{cite book|title=Encyc of Discovery Science and History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xNoZx4mJpwsC|date=1 September 2002|publisher=Fog City Press|isbn=978-1-876778-92-7|page=320}}</ref> It was believed that mouse eating by the mother would help heal the baby who was ill.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.touregypt.net/historicalessays/lifeinEgypt3.htm|title=Tour Egypt :: Egypt: A Carefree Childhood in Ancient Egypt|access-date=15 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="Shuter2003">{{cite book|author=Shuter, Jane |title=The Egyptians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JbwoiQDe_sUC|year=2003|publisher=Raintree|isbn=978-0-7398-6440-1|page=10}}</ref><ref name="FontanelD'Harcourt1997">{{cite book|author1=Fontanel, Béatrice |author2=D'Harcourt, Claire |title=Babies: history, art, and folklore|url=https://archive.org/details/babieshistoryart0000font|url-access=registration |year=1997|publisher=Harry N. Abrams|page=[https://archive.org/details/babieshistoryart0000font/page/64 64]|isbn=9780810912441 }}</ref><ref name="ColónColón1999">{{cite book|author1=Colón, A. R. |author2=Colón, P. A. |title=Nurturing Children: A History of Pediatrics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i8NsAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-31080-5|page=20}}</ref><ref name="BlumBlum1970">{{cite book|author1=Blum, Richard H. |author2=Blum, Eva Marie |title=The Dangerous Hour: The Lore of Crisis and Mystery in Rural Greece|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_IOBAAAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Scribner|page=336}}</ref>