The National tribune., 1886-07-08

The ideal food for infancy is that which na-
ture provides Civilized life especially in thu
great cities, has become so harsh, onerous and
artificial that it affects even the little child and
its mother. The hearty peasant wife nurses
her babe into vigorous childhood. The refined
and cultured woman is unequal TO the task.
and falls back upon the skill Of the phvsician
or the science Of the chemist to preserve ths
LIE OF her offspring. This is the chief cause OF
that terrible fact in social iife infant mortality
IwO-thirds of the baby deaths ocear from in
anItIOn, 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
second have not an even chance between LIE
and death; the latter, when they live are gem
orally puny through babyhoOd and become tns
inyalldS, while the former grow into the bona
and slnew of the land. Incomplete MANTLE
nutrition annually costs the country a half
million lives and millions of dollars To bhiH
subject the great scientists of the century turned
their attention az an early date. The problem
of making perfect infants food remained I'M
solved until Liebig, the great organic chemists
OF the age, investigated the matter in all ito
relations. tie demonstrated that the best sub
stltute for normal human milk was NOT tho
milk of any animal but a combination of ami
NAL milk with the elements of those grains
which are used by the human system IN repair
ing waste, building tissue and generating heat.
cereals are best adapted for certain morbid
conditions of the infantile system, and thas
others are Of therapeutic value in specific dis-
eases. We also know what is the best general
type Of food for little folks. Many articles in
the market approach this type, but that which
comes nearest is Mellin's Food. It contains no
starch, eellulose, gum, bran or Iignose, and so
resembles natural milk. It's ingredients are
fat, maltese, albuminOids and natural trace
of alkali. 1t is therefore easily digested, pala-
table and wholesome. Combined with cows
milk and water, it is so similar to ideal human
milk that the difference is infinitesimal Whaa
difference there is favors the artificial food. 10
is the same at all times and places. Human
milk is Influenced notably by the emotions.
Fear, jealousy, sorrow and rage in the young
mother have from time immemoriaI iniuri-
Ously 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
and chubby limbs of the child, without chang
ing 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 and with those who eonsalh
them professionally. For general use, for the
sick and delicate as well as the strong and
hearty child, Mellin's Food is unrivaIled. In
meeting every want and accomplishing all 10
promises, it is the most precious gift that the
household has received from modern science.
Cholera bfHstam is unheard Of In families
whose children are entirely fed on Melfns
Food COaSuRPtUeS, C0RgdlescsHts from Diph-
iberia, low fevers and all wasting diseases ind
this eminent, predigested food most nourishing
and curatiVe