The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-15
INFANT FEEDING.

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are undoubtedly hereditary whether
the habits of alcoholism. tobacco and
unnatural ealing are tranEglisslble or
no. We know that the vitality Of the
infant IL determined By the vitality Of
the pa.satg--ihOugh not altogether by
the average yiiAiIty--snd the powers
Of nutrition are the fundamental pow.
efs transmitted 10 Offspring.
We may no; always be able % trace
family history in eyes and lungs. but
we can always hnd II 10 stomach and
liver and lntsBineE.
The food Of the young dog. horse.
en~, ape and human. 10 common with
al other manirsaiis. ia milk The nat
Bral food Of the mature dog h flesh;
that Of the others II vegetable The
digestive systems Of the ape and man
resemble. slightly. that Of the dog:
not, ! think. a. some argue. because
their natural food in largely flesh, but
because nuW ciozsly resemble flesh.
chemically. The gorilla has canine"
teeth, bat 81 10 q strict vegetarian. The
bars canine" teeth are hiE means
u defense.
Albumsa the chief cDn8fi'Bent Of
fssh. IL digeE,ed chiefly IL the Eton.
ach by the action u the gastric fluid
Accordingly. the intestine u the dog
IL sburt 10 proportion. the stomach BE-
Ing 60 PER cent. Of the entire digestive
trais;. The cows stomach ID very com.
piicz'ed, Bhe has 10 fact, four s'Drs-
acts This IL because her natural
food requires much diiuiion Alth "a,
Iva and rumlla'.Cu befyre Il can BE-
parsed On 70 the Intestine. not tina
pTOts.d II the chief element Of The
cows food. - r. 'he dog.
s'J~ he stomach Of TIE cJw plays
a mach more important part. relatively
70 ihe intestinal digestion, thar 81
man. Cows milk g.. chemically and
mechanically, adapted 10 this physiO-
Logical difference. j. does rot AZ sOOn
break ~ into small curds. and IN.
therefore. retained longer 10 tho calls
stomach ThiE peculiarly partly IL
plains the difficulty o. dlgesung COWS
milk ard should BE- considered 10 any
attempt 10 modify cJS o milk - as 10
adapt n 10 infant feeding
We kaow that the health Of the IN.
FAINT. igs nervous nl05ds, he phy sical
health AID temper 10 general. are 10.
fusrcsj b. those Of the mother
through the food. This alone would h.
dicsts the iHDOzsibility Of perfect
adaptation Of cows milk 70 infant
feeding. Al beat It Is Unnatural, but
az q is 10 many cases necessary. part
~ or entirely. We must make the most
of H. An imperfsctly nouriEhed child
ia more liable 70 diseases Of child.
hood AID survives With greater dlf.
ncBIfy. Food 10 not. Of course. the
only requirement for health. but II Ia
fundamental.
In cszsE IN which cows mill must
b. used. care should be taken TO zee
that the COW IN healthy. unless herd
milk Ia used, that no preseryatiye 10
used. that the bottles and other YES
sells with which IL comes 10 contact
are washed well With boiling water.
never with river Or cistern water, that
a. Ii not unnecessarily exposed 10 dust
or baruyard contamination, for milk
sbsOrbs bacteria az q sponge absorbE
water snd they develop very rapidly
The feeding bottle should be thorough.
~ washed in boiling water after and
before using. II IL best 10 have two
the one not 10 use kept immersed 70 q
solution Of common baking soda.
Cows milk can not be made ideD.
Teal with the Infants natural food.
but II can be appropriated 10 f. The
chief difficulty 10 b, overcome is TO
modify the large curds OF cows milk
that tend 10 remain IN the stomach |
longer than they should, as the dc. |
yeloDmsnt Of the calls stomach re. |
gu -es that its food shall have d much |
heavier curd than that required By the |
infant, 10 which intestinal digestion |
is more important The use Of Tactic |
tablets. az explained 10 my Last ar.
ncle, entirely obyiatss this dificulty |
besides overcoming other objections
10 the use OF cows milk.
To reduce the proportion Of the ele, /
nDenB In cows milk TO approximately
the standard Of human mi4k, pour OF |
about half Of the fat that settles 10
the top Of the bottle; add as much wa
ter an the whole amount Of milk and
tablespoonful Of sugar. MIX sugar Ia
to be- preferred TO cane sugar, always
Objectionable. The addition of q 1T |
tie lime water Ia, in many cases. bess
fetal
Az q rule infants, like adults, are
overfed. no doubt one OF the rea
cons for the greater enduraaes and
freedom from disease Of wild animals
70 the fact that the young are less
likely TO be oyerfec, 90 every natural.
lat knows. An infant probably would
ssarys In ons.tcnth the time that an
adult can subsist without food. but
eating too often and too much be-
comes habit with the infant a. with
the adult An infant may CRY for food
when II Ia food drunk; what II may
need Is water. And children cry for
other reasons than because they are
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