, 1875-08-29
FOOD FOR CHILDREN,

FOOD FOR CHILDREN.
Paper bT Br. o. N. Cool. Of Chicago.
The following treatise on food tor clildret
written BY Dr. D. IL. Cool, aud suggested b. th.
Ftoasug Hospual excursions, WILL be found t.
contain information Of vaius, especially at thi;
season:
4: We anderttapd It, tho object OF tho floating hos
gtat ts to assist Sat"rs wsho i taa aid Of medicines
a. tar ~ possible giving the children pleasaut day
making It east QUE bright spot in theix lives, with
sail o. the AXE benefit the Lody with pure air. and II
tAh.y. Let me asA, is this nor.uty ctuianed to he
poor aone? Ara tho poor children tho ouly ones til ii
suffer Far from it. Death sta1ka ii noon-d4y
the pa!a*e as we'll the hove, and claims for
~ Etaana tho oaly child Of tbs mil titnxfre With -
nsn t: e.sefness - .hs one Ia lover sphefe of life
attention from medical n:en than /. does
a. the nos eeason approached every year. ve have
raIauea oforo as this greas mortality; and the hu.
- IaP&Es:EoT VENTILATION AND IMPROPER c1oru-
ING"
ars prepared to sdnt ttat these are sons of the
CAUSES al th4t dgeAd mortality, but claim Tiara ar
others Of n.ore importance that need our a{tentou
W1ea landlords sre compelled to build tezaeuent
noasea rh good ana proper ventilation, then
4nu nus TIL then will one Of these ayils b remeiied
y mas oeen my experience, 1t'h practice of more
ta&n Quarter Of century, that many tnfauts de
among those that the world says are wen cared far
- atnong the poor of our crowded seaausnt hot.es
There must ne reason for this. What il III What h
me eason That W per cant OF all the children bonn
are Yeat1 d.6T
tnat OF theee dis during the tzs year Of
Let Us reason. Man Is but m animal governed hx
the sans law IS far AZ the growth aud dsyelopment Of
the body are concerned and you taks fro him hte
immortality md his iutei ect then be il better than
IN Ok Animals, ~ = rulo. raise their young They
oney Natures laws therefore, must dIsobey
anese la.s The animal " possessed Of that nustve
knowledge direct from its crea that enables Il T.
raise ts Young. As We do not possess that ntuitye
knowledge should etudy Nature and know her laws
We firmly believe that the food given our children b
estate. est .@' cause Oh 'uFe 70 fafse them to mans
10 Law AZ wide the universe thns everything,
from tho smallest seed up to N elephant, must hAvs
FOOD. SUITED TO ITS rER1oD OF DEVELOPMENT.
Take you please, any aeed, for instance ~ Acorn
With your Knife carefully remove the GERM pl.nt It IL
the warm, r5ch earth .t tue foot of tho very tree
that produced 1t; and what Is the RESULT Death.
Why should It uie7 Why not draw It's support itom
t1e ssme source that its parent dd7 Simply because
II hah not the power, 1t has not deFeloped enough.
and IN order TO do this it muas he supported from H.
remainder Of this acorn, until ita roots can
tate nourshment from the ground: then tho iav
80 With your hsbiea. They germs they are the
1sg1nnings o. men md women. and must hare food
ona e :', isfr ~ *; H2r tns srsss uesea via.
matter. In proof Of this let look at the lessons
spread out before in raat book OF Nature Let
,onng. Taose Of them that give birth 70 their young
suckls shana furnishing liquid animal mattes, mitE
which cont i'm material representing every tssue Il
and hatch their Joung, with. I believe but ss to
exceptions, feed them on anima1 matter. Watch, II
you please bird carrying food to ts young and it is
Tho farmer knows too we'd be cannot ratss ht4 do
mesdc animals On corn, bay, and oats although when
grown these or part Of them become their only food
From Nature wB Should learn tht4 lesson neTey feed
our botdeA anything tut
11oulD ANIMAL roon
until they are old suough and have teeth With which
eeh the salsRry glands deTeloped and their ao1i-
ty to nastcae and digest vegetable food commenc e.
The thousand aud one kind. Of baby food iu tho !
market are but 80 ahy wayB Of Yolstin3 the Law Apd
heir use generally brugs diarrhua, chnlcra-nfantun
.nd m delth; Now. what are 70 70 dot Tafe them !
Fhich may be essential but it does not etFtke at ths
DOT Of the evil. We must have proper food for ths
Ero"th and support OF the body, or We fall
WHAT SHOULD THIS FOOD BE3
Sasure says mothers milk. Dnk IN cities compsts~
isely lew mothers are healthy and strong enough to
urnish sufficient amount to their children aud
his lies the great trouble and causa of desth !
70 again ask what should this food bet Certainly !
lot anything growing out Of the ground beeause II
10 crude too low down IN the scale, for it nauat to
onply with Natures law, BE- animal In s character-
aosher's milk. II cows milk be used the result In
hs fact that there IL too much cheese. Cows milk
onta'ns nearly thrre times much cheese as
'otEerb, and lass tnsa e~cs IS much butter. Every
ne dilutes the milk With water before giving It to
1etr trf ua. Right here Is the secret you dilute
tth water sufficient to make the cheese In proper
roportiou, you have iesseued tho nutr1tSe pur;ion
such an extent that the child strives to death upon
On the other hand, If you reduce it until tbs hut
= u In tho same proportions as IN human milk, yon
III have so per rent mora cheese than the mothers
liz coutains. This the child fails 10 digest and |
4rthoea u the result Nov,
oUR REMEDY
to set at rest good, pure cows milk until the cream
sea; seaao7e this, together with 4 part Of !
he fed. Reduce thts with water md
Foeten with sugar of milk. aud you BAYS food !
arer to that Of the mother provided by Nature than
u possible to ob$aan in any other way. This IL not
u nsrAAJ Understood By mothers, and they become
tho unsctentthc doctor, resorts to starchy food
th no better SUCCESS. Finally, the little one IL
sried on BY an alta Of eholera iufantun, and I !
is laid to impure air and poor clothing.
1t what shall b. done in ctttes7 Stall tbs thousands
ert perish BY starvation, OF shst they b Ted Why
the country AaI ply food for them well Is for tho
st Of the population It Will demand and skill
conduct such N enterprise, but how caro- and
i! be more usefuy employed than in rescutog these
tie ones from the doom that aw-tls them No yer-
u Ii nsefu he would 10 who should successful
perform this work "The blessings OF him that wAs
ldy to perfsh would ecme upon III n, and be would
ass many mothers heart to a1ng for JOY. Spend |
It Of the usouey so Ia furu1shpg proper
I'd and dis emtuattns Proper knou.edse among ! : :
'thers md nur1es, and au confident tne Results :
I be satisfactory. II you nour7sh child We he t
u resist tho eTer-sarylng changes Of tho Atuos- l.
ere, and zymntc diseases Will hava bnt nttls powsr
ave already written th8n t.tended, but this
grave subject, and II l, by this effort. AhaI show
M poor. broken. .hoarted mother = way to her
y. then shall b. well paid. While would not 3
Tact from the floating hospital, would simply kay
per food believe 70 be Of vasty Importance
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