The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-27
FOR PIMPlES.
INFANT MORTALITY LESS.
Modern Hygiene Now Rules Many
NurEeries.


Nurseries.
Life in bayland isn't what II used to
be. IL babies could talk they would
probably say so in one mighty cooling.
gurgling voice that would rattle the
pearly gates. II IL didn't quite do that
II would most likely reach the ears OF
the rider of the pale horse and make
him feel that helpless infants aren't
such easy marks after all. When
grown people remark that life isn't
what 1t used to be they usually say IL
I'm a tone rejecting on the present. But
babies don't feel that way about IL.
Life isn't what IL used TO be To them.
praise science, and neither is death. OF
late years infabt mortality has been re-
duced about one-half.
Twenty years & babies We're treated
as IL they were made literally Of the
dust of the earth and lined with india
rubber or tin or zinc or something OF
that sort: to-day they are treated as
delicate little human beings. Then.
when a baby a week or two old had
collie the caster oil bottle was brought
out n a dose big enough To make a
strong man vince was poured down the
baby's throat. Fortunately neither col
ic nor castor oil was fatal. as a rule.
Now. when the baby has collie he IL
dieted, and the best thing of all Is that
collie isn't considered a necessary in
ldlAAlt wi alN hhA a ~
a mothers common sense.
As II was with collie, so II was with
all the other diseases that attacked ba-
bles. A few so-Called standard reme-
dies were administered I'm large doses.
and II the little invalid die twas said
hat Divine Providence. In love and
mercy. had removed the innocent little
snow-drop from this wicked world. II
il got well. mother and nurse declared
complacently. There's nothing like
castor oil or so and so for babies"
When a baby dies nowadays scarcely
anybody dares say such a thing. ex-
cept a few very orthodox or hopelessly
behind the times folk. Physicians who
make a specially OF the care of infants
won't permit people TO comfort them
selves that way. TIC conform the regi-
men Of the nursery to the established
truths OF modern science has long been
their desideratum. and they don't allCw
deaths which are the result OF ignor-
ance or carelessness To he saddled onto
the shoulders q IN already overbur-
dened Providence.
Thinking mothers. mothers who en-
deavor to bring up their children 80
that tsey shall know how TO live In the
widest sense. are no longer satisfied
to trust their sick babies to a general
medical practitioner. and. indeed. more
often than not. the beloved family ply
sician advises that a specialist be called
to look after the small children. How
ever. II must not for a minute be pre-
sumed that IL Is only the successful
treatment Of ia babies which has de-
creased infant mortality. for such Is by
no mean the case. Proper care of well
children has perhaps had just as much
to do with the improved conditions in
b~abyland.
when DR.. william y. Northrup was
asked to talk about the decrease In in
faN.s ,rnwe.NNNn ma H. -.al... a..IA
of caring for infant he said:
Infant mortality. and by infants We
mean children under 2 years OF age. has
been diminished probably more than
one-half by improved methods Of feed.
ing. In civilized life we hnd a lessen
ing proportion or mothers who car
nurse their offspring. To meet this de.
fciency the subject OF infant feedine
has demanded more and more attention
until at last u mas become practically
n specially. The main thing required
has been a clean milk supply: that T.
a good fair average OF milk procured
from clean surroundings Kept cool -
that the bacteria could not multiply In
Il. and brought to market fresh. Tn,
advance in his line has been very
marked in recent years. A healthy
COW. In a neighboring pasture IT,. o
/ course. the best supply. The nearest
milk 70 this which comes to the New
York market is that produced by d
firm specially designed to furnish mill
for invalids and babies. the Walker.
Gordon Miik laboratory.
Next 20 fresh milk the modification
of the milk. so that the portions OF fats
sugars and curd properties shall ap.
proximate that OF mothers milk. {,
most important. In short. I regard a.
the most important factor in our r..
duced infant mortality the supplying oi
the growing infants demands with a
fresh milk as near as possible like tina
Of it's natural rother.
Next 10 this I place a~ntitoxin
though Il applies as well TO older chill
dren and adults. IL may b. said in
word that n has almost literally robbed
dlphtheria OF It's terrors. In connection