Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-16

Home Health
Club
,. DAVID q. 1EIDrl. E. D.. ND.

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SUBSTITUTES FOR MILK.
s. One or my lectures upon the subject
OF infant feeding gave careful, instruc-
tions for the preparation. Of artificial
feeding by substituting cows milk for
human milk. It was found necessary
to close, however, just In the midst
OF a. very important portion of the
process-the care Of the milk, I will,
therefore, finish the description before
starting the lesson on substitutions for
milk. -
The majority Of housekeepers, even
very young ones, are aware of the fact
that 1t is very unwise to leave milk
uncovered, or to put it in vessels Of
any kind that have not previously been
scalded. Great care in this regard is
absolutely necessary, as in the first
place there are very few substances
that will more quickly absorb noxious
odors, and impurities Of all kinds, than
milk, ii it is left uncovered; and, in
the second place, the very thing which
Is most desired to avoid may be con-
tanned In the unscalded milk. bottle.
Another important consideration is
the nipple and tube through which the
baby sucks the milk from the bottle.
l do not approve of the long rubber
tubes, and especially those that are
attached to the mouthpiece. The nip
pie should be thoroughly .cleansed
every time the bottle becomes empty.
And right here it might be well to say
that a fresh supply of milk. should
never be put in the bottle until that
which Is In it IS used up or. disposed
OF in some way. The best and, in fact,
the only way is to keep two bottles
AS soon as one has been used, it should
be sca1ded and be placed in an earthen
dish containing solution of common
soda and water. 1t should be left in
this until needed. Such a procedure
insures perfect cleanliness. Milk
should never be warmed up" and Of
Tered second time to the child, but
fresh supply prepared for each feed
ing.
The nipple should not be placed in
the solution, as it would injure the
rubber; it should always be cleansed
by hand. The rubber nipple has been
so long used, and saves so much time,
that it will not soon be discarded, even
though it is somewhat unhygienic; but
really the best and most sanitary
method is to feed the baby with a
spoon from the first. It will readily
learn to take its milk from q spoon,
and in a very few months will drink
from a cup or glass.
In considering all of these details
and giving the instructions for arti-
fetal feeding do not wish to be I'M
derstood at any time as being in favor
of it, if it is within the range of pos
sibilities for the precious bit of hui
mainly to be nursed by it's own
mother.
There is to me no grander or more
solemnly sacred sight than a mother
nursing her babe, or, as a tender
hearted woman once expressed it in
my hearing: II cannot conceive of a
heaven that could contain greater or
more inexpressible bliss than to nurse
one of my own babies" I would to
God that this was the sentiment of
every woman in America to-day, and
such believe to be the earnest and
heartfelt wish of every honest physi-
clan.
But every day, year after year, must
the physicians hear the most trivial
excuses given by thoughtless-I almost
said heartless-mothers for not nurs-
ing their own babies. Therefore, it
becomes necessary, not only for the
sake of the helpless, deserted little
ones, but for the sake of those who are
orphaned or through some other un-
avoidable misfortune must be arti-
f1cially fed.
I have now given the best known
methods of artificial feeding with milk,
and will give to you the result of
thousands of experiments in the feed
ing with substitutes for milk:
It should be understood from the
start that many mistakes have. been
made and many an infant allowed to
die because it was not at first known
that the saliva of the infant does not
have the same action upon starchy
foods that it afterwards acquires, and
that it cannot digest nor assimilate
starch, which is another reason why
the babies fed upon many Of the arti-
ficially prepared foods suffer from in.
testinal arrangements and easily
sicken and die - r. 49,
Such foods are usually found, when
chemically examined, to have too lit
tie gluten and too much starch An.
other trouble with them, and in fact
with all artificial foods for infants, is
that, in order to get the best results
they must be warmed to at least so
degrees Fahrenheit. But in giving the
milk heretofore referred to this is not
perhaps, so imperative as in the case
Of other food preparation.
Is There are cases In which the pre-
Jared milk temporarily disagrees: It
then becomes necessary to prepare q
substitute. A very good one can be
made by the following recipe: Veal
broth ,(one-haf pound of meat to the
pint, one and one-half ounces; bar
ley water, one and one-half ounces;
sugar of milk, . one-half drachm
Either Of these formulae is recon-
mended by the great specialist, DR..