The parents were uneducated, no doubt. Taken from a news article: "The couple did not follow the doctor's advice to take the baby to hospital when they went for her nine-month checkup and found she was suffering from bronchitis and was losing weight," he said. Instead they treated her with cabbage poultices, mustard and camphor and washed her with earth and clay instead of giving her baths, the court heard." I wouldn't call it negligence, but needless to say any parents with these beliefs are cause for alarm.