What Did They Do Before Baby Formula?

What did they do in the old day before baby formula was created? I am sure someone knows the answer, but I am completely befuddled. If you have a newborn who is fussier than you think they should be and breastfeeding either did not work for you or is just not an option, you are no doubt drowning in the sea of infant formula despair.

Not only are there a vast number of companies that sell infant formula, but the options are endless. Anyone who is not able to, or chooses not to breast feed, goes home from the hospital using whatever it was that the hospital introduced you to.