The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-05-05
FEEDING INFANTS.

lhe following article, interesting To moth.
crs, is copied from the Nal,h"z Confer:
E'"nt mortality prevails amnug children
from ln.",i'rl"n> feeding. som" persons:
attempt /" support them upon articles of
food which contains little else than starch
or gum. neither of which ar. car;l,l. of
themselves, of sustaining anin,al he O;h
"rs c"nfin" them principally to the milk of
the COW, the excess of ra>rin in which they
are unable t" digest aud To these. other
articles are added, whir', are either iu,li.rs.
libie or innul,il",is Irnre III. larm.
amount OF sickness and mortality from dis
"rie'"d stomach and bowels, and which
are generally attributed 10 tcc,hinm. to
w"rms. and I" any anl every other cause
o"' the tfn" one, erlo,s in diet, producing
indigestion.
In the last July number Of til" Amcr-
can journal Of the Medical Sciences ,L.,e
Is clever ar'h'i" on natural and ni;iiclal
'ar'ai"n," 10y Dir. Cumming, Lriv!ahs,ract
"' The concluding portion Of wli..Il am
tempted t" publish for the information ,(
Young and d"uhting mothers. H.. SAYS.
an'! sufficiently proves hv physiological and
cheniIcai argHmrn'. ,ha, nothing but milk
can wiki p'"!nivty !c u>c, rs the food OF
Infants and even this is ap, 10 fail, and to
give rise to fatal ma!;.d"s. unless i, he mad.
t" corrcspond very closely in its consii,u-
cnt elements with human milk.
Cows milk differs from human milk in
s"'ne important particulars, ~ has been
accurately a,ccitaintsi hy chemical auaIy,js
1t contains nearly three times ;.s much c:,.
; seln rs hnman mix. Lut som.w:, :,a, les, ,I,a,
twice Is much butter willie human mil;
contains ne%,i; one third lnu,v su.ar. and
, Il ilsi.r niole water than COWS milk Merely
d''u;'Eg COWS mix 10y aiding water. will!
the addition Of sugars. therefore, rs is com
monty done. viii n"' Fl, il i,n easy digestion,
by the infant s:onnch Their. will in ,hi,
case always be IN cxc-s, of ca>ein. and =
"elc'cucy OF butter. Bat The proportions
! are materially changed hy prr,ni,ing cows
mix to rest r;i,!!olurbrd un,ll lh.. hri,e,
PARTICLES rise towards tho surface; and
nearly 'hc same r. snlti. obtained .v u,inn
only the mill; las, talcn i,a,n the COW.
DR.. Cumming lH"i"">,s, therefore, t"
nave COWS mix n rest for four or five
h"uFs' and :h.n t" remove The upper :hr,l
part tor us" or TO take ONLY ,h.. latter hnl,
as furnished by the cow. II. then advise,
"s to 'd'i fer ch''d not more than ten day $
old, two and half pa,;, of water, and one.
'"nr'i Par, Of sugar. This combination
gives almost the exact proportions OF human
'n'k ut that early p"'i"d Of !ac,,i,,n The
exact proportions given are--,n * ,OOo
wa'er 2Gl3, sugar 243. The sn.,ar and
water are decreased as the cliil, rruws old
en- until at live months, th" proportions =
mix 1000. water 1000 part sugar lO4, aud
at eighteen m 'nths the proportions are -
m''k 1000 water 500, sugar 63. The child
should tax" this food at a Temperature O,
one hundred 10 one hundred and f,nr lie
grees, and Iy suction An cirl,, ounce vial
with - Quill rolled IN II long snip Of Swiss
muslin for stopper, is the bcs, arrange.
m"nt Gor cleanliness and convenience.
Tubes having narrow passages cannot he
readily clcansed.
y child ten days old will take thirty two
ounces daily, in eight meals Of four ounces
each and the meals should increase in
quantity and diminish in number AS the
child grows older, so that at three months
seven meals of eight ounces each, NAV he
taken. The milk Should Lc given at regular
intervals, except that the chiI should be
early accustomed to pass six to eight hours
at night. without feeding. This Regularity
OF feeding. with proper intervals, is in accor-
dance with physiological law Of digestion,
applicable to all PERSONS. namely. that the
stomach should h vc time fully to dices, its
food before other food is taken into it.
a. p. MERRILL.
E!mscourt, March IA. 1850.