, 1876-05-06

injurious 10 infauts roAred BY hand. A 70,
grains OF b'carbonnte OF soda or . littlo limo
xater hl.ould b added: i the milk Is not sc,
enough II csstu', and bct.sr cannot bo obsainstl
by ltttle cteam and add two teAspoonfnls tt
osory hnIs pint Of milk. Tho milk 30 preparet
should 10 diluted with twice tho quantity o.
wster' and made sscetor by very httlc sugar,
or. sttll hoster. BY . dsachtn Of sugar OF milk
pto1cusanlo At thcNrugsala- every OUNCES oi
naisk. The oottls and tip should 10 kopt. when
not IN uso, In 4 bowl Of cold wato1, mads Aka
line by pinch Of soda.
Ihe mortality in our larga clsics during Tbs
not ,seaaon among children ID something
appalling. and lta dn,inutlon IL not within tho
sKtll' Of the physician. unleas caro- ia taken By
the parent to approximate tho food ~ oloaely al
possible to tho uatrsAi aliu1ont, aud TO givs 1t
always perfectly ffeth and sweet.
Persons ats often At > grpnt iaal OF trouble 10
procure tie milk ef ono COW for tho uso Of the
infant, bus Il IL question IT this p.tns 10 mol
auporluous. II an infant Ia fed constantly up-
sovere1y il anything ocoura M. n,akos change
Imperative Another consideration is tho l&tiI-
itT Of tho cow to attacks of dlseads. Dalrymon
sar that scarcely an animal tn the herd nAsses
season without sickness. In this case. II An In
fant 10 continued to tho milk of Apngle COW. It
mist suffer through her illness. while. IL tlis
product Of whole diary fs employed. The I'M
p'Irel milk, bcng 90 largely diluted. has no ap-
PfcciAble bad effect.
Goats milk hns reputation With some. II Ia
richer in solids than cows milk and oblootion-
abba from tho odor of tho htrcto aoid which it
contains. Al the animal thrives upon ANYTHING
from posatG.paringa to shoo-lacinee It might bo
prohtabiy Kept by tho poor in our largo cit!ea.
IL may 10 well to aay word In iogafd to Tho pro.
pared foods fot infhntd which arc In tho market,
Some OF them aro doubtless useful, LtQblc'e
lHawloy's Lobigs Prepared Food) has ss-
talncd satisfactory sests in tho great hospitals
at hons and abroad S1nco however, wo must
trust for all thcas things to the honor of Tho
manufacturer and sinco honor In these days
hosms inadequate to any urgent otratn, it ia
perhaps best to use barley and oatmeal Of Our
own selection. A tonspoonful Of either mny bo
holled III from to ounccs Of water for fifteen
minutes, then strained. and cqual parts Of this
4 to months old.
cooked milk.
1ce cold milk In desaestspoonfuis every half
hour will sometimes be tolerated whom hardly
anything oise will be.
Broad may hs boiled In milk to uniform
broth or pauadA, OF bread may be c1umbed Into
bolled milk and served while rot warm. This ts
oftep very soothtug. acting like poulttco to tho
ifritablo stomach. ThIckened milk, or milk and
whtcr thckouel with flour, is an admirable food.
1t does not form curds In the stomach "a milk
eonietmes does Whon otherwise taken, II
should bo made NTH ouo-hait or two.thrds
mater.
leo cream 10 agreeable and useful in various
fobrlo disorders.
Wo hare saon that milk may bo u.od with 3D.
fsrinRcoouA FOOLS.
To conclude this too long lottcr, lot us ures
rotufn tor children to tbs bowl Of ptain bread
and milk for at least one OF the threo usnls of
Tho day. Let tho llttlcfones have Chance to GROW
strong and hardy. AM1E II. HALE, Ii. D.