The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-02
now TO FEED
YOUR BABY
EsscLIsH cHILDREN's DOCTOR
TALKS lNsTRucTlVELY ON
THE USEFUL SCIENCE OF
THE NURSERY.

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The scientific rearing Of infants is
xzseoursed upon in the Practitioner by
mr. Edmund Cautley, the well known
physician of the Belgrave Hospital for
15ffdren, in London.
The child should be weighed regu.
lnriy once or twice week, and even
kaiiy In certain cases. he says. II it
n gaining weight steadily, is content.
I'd. and sleeps well, the diet is salts
fHrtory In quantity and quality.
The rate of grain is variable. L:
rhuuid average from 81 ounce per
xeek daring the first three months.
&c ounce per week during the second
three months, and 3-5 ounce per week
during the third three months of life
Ehcn there is loss in weight or an
absence OF gain careful investigation
must be made in search of the cause.
Thus It may be due to insufficient
runtity of food, defect in quality
rtliar Of excess or deficiency of one
ar more constituents. gastrn.enteric
troubles, cold weather, insufficient
cEuthing, teething, or the onset of Ill
ness.
Good results must not be expected
FROM had milk. Unfortunately much
satisfactory milk is delivered 10 the
1Eblic with resulting excessive in
fantlle mortality. The attention of the
zfufession and of public authorities
zihufd be concentrated on obtaining a
supply Of clean, fresh. pure milk, and
ne diverted to the manipulation OF u
sizIe and filthy auid.
IliiIS preserved by chemicals may
be a very dangerous food. although II
presents to taste or smell no evidence
q harmful chemical changes. Put
Y shortly, no preservatives should be per-
mitted, for they simply enable milk to
he delivered as fresh milk. when 1t is
rtafIy two or three days old. Possibly
1 %. they interfere with the secretion.
xzd action. of the digestive ferments.
no coloring matter should be added.
although tie public think that yell
low milk is a good milk. Many pure
white milk is richer than the yell
Irr-tinted milk of certain cows. Most
q the yellow milk in towns is simply
4 culured by the addition OF dyes. such
rs 1nnatto or methylorange.
a. .ttt ID
lie farm or dairy before delivery.
Commercially the process of pasteuri
y Eziion cheating 10 1856 degrees Fahr.,
{ Tor 20 to 80 minates) and OF steriliza.
don Cheating to 212 degrees Fair. for
an dour1 are often imperfectly carried
!. srft.
In some instances the heat is only
applied to milk from which a portion
Z u the fat has been distracted. or to
milk which remains over after the
regular delivery and Is consequently
neither fresh nor clean. II milk is
dirty to start with, IL toxins have been
airvady produced in II, no amount of
heat will render 1t safe and sanitary
foad, and sense OF false security Is
fEduced by these measures. Both
modes of heating the milk destroy
MANY pathogenic organisms and many
sSrmIess ones.
me best milk supply for an infant
\ & the mixed milk of large number
ID cows which are healthy in every re.
sTect, have passed the tuberculin test,
End are fed on suitable foods. That
PERENNIAL panacea, the milk OF one
rgx, presents the maximum degree
Il variation. whereas mixed milk from
Urge number OF cows maintains a
eteadS average composition.
Tie milk should be filtered cooled
\ DOWN 10 temperature of from 40 tn
IS degrees fahrenheit, bottled at tho
farm. sent up to the town in proper
refrigerator vans, and delivered direct
from the station to the consumer. AT
ts< home 1t should be kept in the cold
xnd the bottle not opened until want.
I'd.
AZ Get the milk twice day from big
<sary company. AS soon as 1t is deliv.
xsf put It into a tail, narrow cylindri,
M vessel or jug; covered with muslin
= keep out dust. and place 1t in a re
1aserator surrounded by ice.l a bowl
Sustaining ice, cold cellar, or on the