New-York tribune., 1902-08-20
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..M0DTFTFD MILK"

Modified milk IS cows milk which has neen
made as nearly possible Ike human milk. Inc
chief constituent clements of milk are fat sugar
and proteiue which is muscle food Cows milk con-
talns over twice as much protene as mothers mlik'
and Of A different .haracter. and about half the
amount of sugar. The baby calf demands different
nutriment from the baby human. naturally as ne
grows four times as cast Modified milk Is mix
which has been made to correspond rs exactly as
possible 70 the hahy's natural food. and is there
fore a different thing from sterili2ed milk with
which some people coufound IT, Properly sterlIlzed
milk is gcrmless but the baby may remain sta-
tionary in weight, grow thin. or even become III
while fed with g. because il is not suited TO mis-
needs The medical profession does not claim that
it has yet attained perfection in modified milk but
It has learned how adapt milk very nearly 10 tne
babys needs and digestive organs -
In the first place the milk used should be mixed
milk that is milk from several cows. the milk
Of auv one COW changes from day to day while
that Of the herd maintains a balance without
going into chemical proportions and percentages
Is sufficient say that by taking the top lour-
teen or fifteen of quart of milk whlch mas
stood overnight until the cream has risen diutinE
this cream with boiled water or cruel, ana addlhs
little sugar. the nearest combination 10 human
milk is produced The formula for dilution' show
ing the proportion Of water or Sruel TO De use",
varies according the of the child ana shouid
be secured from a competent physician. The only
way to tell whether the mixture is agreeing with
the child not is by weighing the baby every TWO
three days. If he is not gaining In weight sonle
thing is the matter with his food The most usual
in feeding is beginning AT brtn WIN 700
strong milk mixture. The cream USED 5,'IuS m D
older than the milk with which 1t IS mixed IN g
pairing the mixture. for which a Ger t,ll'. @ , m
ounces of milk are called Tor, a one ounce
dipper made for this particular Ruip0sGI pIitaI nT
fession diuent is one or the dgSsteu ~ i
be Slight changes and then-from wheat to oat-
meal Cruel and from that to barley, win d tea d,
spoonful of beef juice or orange JIiCe Q%lGe one III ..
while The reason Is that me ii oW:iinS to
the varying diet of his mother, - +, ,-
The children of the tenement mouse poor % ] III 1em
York often fed on condensed mix IN summer. @
owing the lack of ice, or even al lhG EtdI
will live on condensed milk put a ,Td Me, h't2"h tb"t
specialist chdren's diseases mas declared thtt,
had been fed exclusively on CONDENSED liih oI PtO
prietary foods he had never seen one whlch al the
end of three or four months da not snow ss"s "a
malnutrition They are underslzedi: rachl'lc' anu
have poorly developed fabby muscles o,z
cti1ens nhvs77caIIv as well as mentally, and the
fact that two-thirds of all children born die before
would seem as If the establishment of municipal
milk depots a large scale, with adequate IN
would be at least useful and logical as hospitals
supported from public funds"
The same specialist in speaking OF ths PROJECT
.iOur work. while covering comparatively small
field, shows that the large mortalty OF summer
darrhceas in our large cities is preVentao!e. Inc
prevention rests with the people-le nuhlclpai
and energy exerted by the rival pohtlcal paItes IN
New-York City In a single campa1Sn Were deV9ted
ent would be my story! These infants cannot be
moved to the country except III sLnaLt
homes HosDtals cannot care for them. and but
little advantage could be gained If this were posi-
not ageregation I can treat with Infinitely better
success one hundred cases OF summer diarrhea In
ing tenement mother than in the best equipped
hOspitaL With eYpert. .nursip& and fesding.