The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-26

Mrs. Leigh Putney, 1896 Lawrence
street, Appleton, Wisconsin, is one of
the thousand of grateful mothers of
'lactated food babies" She writes:
Wells, Richardson & Co.:
Enclosed you will find picture of
our baby, Truman, who owes his pres
ent perfect health, if not his life, to
lactated food. He fed him on milk until
he was about five months old. At that
time he suffered a severe attack of
cholera infantum. He didn't seem to
rally from this but grew thinner and
weaker until he was nearly ten months
old. There were days at a time when
he could retain nothing on his stomach
more than a little hot water or arrow
root tea, and even a teaspoon of milk
would bring on his bowel trouble. We
tried everything in the line of food that
was suggested, but nothing seemed to
be right, and he grew so weak and
emaciated that it was difficult to dress
or handle him. At last, on my own re-
sponsibility, l determined to try lac
tated food He has never been sick
since then, and we can almost see him
grow fat. The enclosed picture was
taken the day he was fifteen months
old. l still put the food in the milk he
drinks, although he eats much solid
food. He has just accomplished the feat
of cutting eight teeth all at once, and
has not been sick or kept us awake
single night. Our family doctor asked
me the other day what / had been Civ
ing the baby that agreed with him so
well, and 1 told him lactated food
shall always be glad to recommend lac
tated food, as l have a good sample Of
its work in our boy. Very respectfully
yours, MRS. LEIGH PUTNEY.''
Lactated food is the most perfect sub
hn or vic
er's milk Its basis is sugar of milk,
and with 1t is combined the nutritive
parts of the three great cereals, wheat
barley and oats, thoroughly cooked at
high steam heat, and thus made
''predigested," highly palatable and
nutritious food that babies take with
relish.
Young children often become. so
weakened by faulty nutrition during
the summer that they grow listless,
hardly hold up their heads, and take
little notice Of things about them. Time
and time again has lactated food been
given to these little pining infants, to
the immense qualification of parents. 1t
takes but short time for the splendid
food to brighten the dull eyes and to
make romping, noisy, plump baby
that was but a little while before a
thin, pitiable, white-faced child, and a
Spul SS VI SAlIcIliS Anxiety TO lLS par
ents.
Countless mothers now sleep soundly
by knowing their precious charges are
safe when fed regularly on lactated
food. No mother with a sickly child
should delay putting it on a vigorous
diet of lactated food. 1t means
strong, healthy child, in place of a
weakling.
Until within recent years infants de-
priVed of mothers milk have been
reared in haphazard and unscientific
manner, with the usual result that the
enormous mortality during the first five
years of life has been a reproach to
medical men.
But all this is now changed. Practf-
cal scientific men Of the highest stand
ing have devoted themselves exclusive
ly to these problems of infant feeding.
Many results have come, but the great
est and most practical is the prepara-
ton of lactated food-next to mothers
milk, the most nourishing, strengthen
ing, readily digested and palatable food
that can he given baby.