The sun., 1897-12-12
HEALTH AND HYGIENE.
A Public Dispensary For The People
of Delaware.

A Public Dispensary For The People
of Delaware.
This department Of THE Sun is con-
Quoted by DR.. f. c. Joyce, OF No. loi9
West Fourth street, but all communlca-
tions relating to Medical subjects must
be addressed to the Medical Editor OF
THE Sun No. 1O3 East Sixth street, Will
,nington, Delaware.
The Feeding of Infants.
We spoke OF cows milk being the best
substitute for mothers milk. We did SO
because its composition is nearer the
composition OF mothers milk than any
other milk. Such milk as goat milk,
elephants milk, etc, have been tried,
but all have been found after years OF
scientific research, to be far inferior to
cows milk. 1t is unnecessary to say
that the COW should be perfectly healthy.
The milk should not be taken from a
number OF cows, but from one COW. Then,
OF course, we must render the milk OBJ
tanned, acid. must add ltsle soda or
lime water, dilute it, add cream to it in
order that it should have the same per-
centagc Of fats, and must further add
some milk sugar. 4 Jersey COW gives the
best milk for this purpose, as its
fat globules are more in abundance than
any other COW. Now for the steriliza-
tion, The cause for milk to be sterilized
lies in the fact that the milk contains
and is a good breeding farm for all kinds
OF bacteria. The different methods Of
the sterilization has narrowed down to
two methods Many methods have been
tried and are used yet. The following
two are considered the most thorough
and accurate for all ordinary purposes.
The first is by boiling or steaming the
milk, the other by a way called Pasteur-
ization, which means bringing the milk
toa temperature Of one hundred and
sixty-seven $50 degrees Fahrenheit and
maintaining it at that tenn
pcraturc for io.tv-tive minutes.
Each method has its advocates, but the
latter one j. the better, more convenient
and easier for one TO pursue. Boiling
stcrlizcs the milk but at the same time
it causes changes in the milk and dcprc-
ciates its nutritvc value, and thereby
renders it less wholesome and nOurish-
ing. and ii the child would not thrive
on it, why Of course we do not want it.
Next to the importance OF having good
milk and thorough sterilization comes
the bottle. The bottle should
bc perfectly smooth one inside,
that il it should have no
anglrs or crcyicc,, in which milk
might remain and thereby become ran
cid and unwhuIrsoruc and injurious 10
any one The best thing to do j. to
stcriiizc just Il sufficient quantity 1or
Onr feeding. The bottles -hpUlI be Ui 4
Sizc holding no more than Is suItcicn,
for same. Mix your milk, prepare you
bottle by thoroughly cleansing it will
hot water, rinse out bottle. pour in youI
milk, and instead of an ordinary cork,
place in the mouth Of the bottle
some absorbent cotton to act ~ d cork
and then place your bottle in .wa'cl
ni thc t"mrcrurc spoken Of. krcl
it in this water lOrty-ivc min
minutes Ii it j. not convenient
nor practical to prepare the milk at
every feeding, Use 4 large bottle, and
WHEN stcriIizcd, pac" in some small bot
tlrS and cork, but do not Use the ubsor,
bent cotton.in the small bottles now, but
instead use an ordinary cork, or better
still a rubber cork. 1t is lest to strain
the milk before placing in the small
bottles, a- this rids the milk Of any