Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-01-15
sAsy FOODS.

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y. OF all the species thst inhabit this
earth the human appears to be the
only one not able completely to meet
the obligations and fuldll al tho
functions OF parenthood. II Is . notori'
GUS and regrettable fact that . very
large and constantly increasing per
centage OF infants have to be artificial.
ly fed solely because Of the functional
inability Of mothers to deliver milk
efth1f ins shiacfsnt quality or ddAn.
THY to supply the nutritive needs OF
the child. ." .~ '' '"# I
Women OF hardy country stock and
women of savage tribes. are rarely IL
ever troubled by inability properly to
nourish their babies at their breasts.
but in our townsJand cities the trouble
grows apace and has come to constr
tute the chief peril Of infancy. How
great this peril actually is may per
haps best be comprehended by noting
certain evidence obtainable from the
published statistics Of the city or
Berlin, where all foodstuffs and, IN
fact, everything pertaining to the
physical welfare of the people ara OBJ
jects of rigid scrutiny and ate sub
jected to the most comprehensive and
thorough modern scientific supervisio-
by the duly constituted authorities.
According to the Berlin official death
returns for given year, this evil
dence shows that, while the mortal
ity among breast fed infants was TO
per cent, 1t rose to 4S.1 per cent
among the bottle fed babies.
Germany leads the world In chemis
try. in science and in scientific meth
DDS in general, and. sinasmtch as the
government is more or less paternal
and because It considers every healthy
child q national and military asset, It
Is very reasonable to assume that the
prepared foods. modified cows milk
and any and all other substitutes for
the human milk were undoubtedly %
pure and wholesome a. 1t would be
possible for human agency to make
them. Hence tho difference between
10 per cent and a4s.1 per cent repre-
sents an approxmate m1n'mum ue.n
what may ,feasonably be considered
an 'irreAn chile, minimum penalty levisd
% natures spSotest against human
stup'o.ty. z. 80. -. !.
COWS m1ik - inc Dss's .. pts's ssse.
y III human uk s .n =.
= : woe.nla. ue. .Sa 49,
proved " tne icy .n.s ms au.,.1-
5astea 20 : 80. au'Ilns : .vs I
OF u sne, Og g1 rs.r...N ssIm skssS
j! mate'y w ,E mYn.ls = ~ =. S~ ~.
olrtn: wnl!c !ne go aoaD.e -. ~ 49, ss
welsnt "l.nla - ~ 80. -. - -.
IN v.sw = 49,. ~ ~. 49,. .s,s =.
aoso'ute cvfl ,. .spnIsnse . :, a.s...s.,
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u .ue too D,.se... = 49,. :. .an..et,on.
ais -; . s.sSro p. fd,,-irs -. ART month
. -, ~ hi,th .t,,s miir Contained IL per
Iii. n-o+ a,d v,her..s n the tenth
n,onth 80 .mn,,nt had dronned to
n,na ,,,,,e -. nronortions ~ ash hav.
-. ,,raw,.s decraasad" The diminu.
ton ~ nroteid IN the milk IA lacta.
80, n-.o. ~. ~. .Iao hoen observed
~ tshu,stad ~ other authora for
nan ana animals -"
:, ~. 80, W., ru-.. ..r "com.
!, n,a :. - -a,,,sa. tha ,mothar nrIe.. he,
= go ~. hssn ,,or;n ~ ~ ~. !. NE DIV
:. hs- ,c.tsr childn "a II reasonsbls
- ernoct that Z COW NAV be f,t sub.
st,tmta, nhvinnslv q a fnti,a ia Mons
49, INV chamist vim aver evolve Z
,.ar,,,,,a ,o- The smccas.,ul nodifIca-
IN :, 49,. mill - the human baby
nsads Ana ira babv dapendent d
~ Gov and Z hottie viii ever s.
~ AZ. mad = tha same extent =. Il
49, ah;ok hsy,ng raroiana l.mn
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