Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-03

The ideal iocd for infancy is that
which nature provides. Civilized life,
especially in the great cities, has be-
come so harsh, onerous, and artificial
that it affects even the little child and
its mother. The hearty peasant.wife
nurses her babe into vigorous child
hood. The refined aud cultured wo-
man is unequal 20 the task, and falls
back upon the skill Of the physician or
the science of the chemist to preserve
the life of her offspring. This is the
chief cause Of that terrible fact in
social hfe-infant mortality. Two
thirds of the baby deaths occur
from inanitiOn, or the diseases to which
it gives rise. The children of the first
enjoy the probability Of life, health,
and robust strength; those Of the Sc
cOnd have not an even chance between
life and death. The latter, when they
live, are generally puny through baby
hood and become the inyalids, while
the former grow into the bone and
sinew of the laud. Incomplete infsn-
tile nutrition annually costs the coun.
try half million lives and millions OF
dollars. To this subject the great
scientists Of t5e century turned their
attention at an early date. The
problem Of making a perfect infants
food remained unsolved until Liebig,
the greatest organic chemist Of the age,
investigated the matter in all its
relations. He demonstrated that the
best substitute for normal human milk
was not the milk OF any animal, but a
combination Of animal milk with the
elements Of those grains which are used
by the human system in repairing waste,
building tissue, and generating heat.
We now know that certain preparations
Of cereals are best adapted for certain
morbid conditions Of the infantile sys.
tenn, ard that others are Of therapeutic
value in specific diseases. We
also know what is the best general type
Of food for the little folks. Many ar
ticles in the market approach this type,
but that which comes nearest is Mel
Inns Food. 1t contains no starch, eel.
lulOse, gum, bran, or lignose, and so
resembles natural milk. Its ingredi.
ents are fat, maltose, albuminoids, and
a natural trace of alkah. 1t is there
fore easily digested, pslatable, and
wholesome. Combined with cows
milk and water it is so similar to
ideal human milk that the difference
IS infuitesimal. What difference there
is favors the artificial food. II
is the same at all times and
places. Human milk is influenced
notably by the emotions. Fear, jeal-
ousy, sorrow, and rage in the young
mother have from time immemorial in
juriously affected the child, and in many
cases disastrously. But wheat and
barley pass from the waving stalk to
The white food of the manufacturer,
and thence into the rosy cheek aud
chubby limbs of the child, without
changing or losing in the least their
life giving power. To-day all chemists
and physicians subscribe to these
views and employ this food both in their
own homes aud with those who con-
suit them professionally. For general
use, for the sick and delicate as well as
The strong and hearty child, Mellin's
Food is unriyalled. In meeting every
want and accomplishing all it promises,
it is the most precious gift that the
household has received from modern
science. Cholera Igfdntum is unhsard
Of in families whose children are entire
ly fed on Mellin's Food. COnsumptises,
Conraleseents from Diphtheria, low
fevers, and all wasting diseases find
this eminent, predigested food most
nourishipg and curative.