Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-01-14
ARTIFICIAL FEEDING.

Inasmuch as health is the natura
and normal state OF mankind,
should not be difficult to preserv,
ones health. And II is not. But be
cause health is inherent in us, and be
cause we are elastic and therefor'
tend persistently to revert to the nor
NAL, whatever the provocation, will
very few exceptions we obstinately
and fatuously cling to habits and prac
tees certain to impair our physical in
heritance, until some sharp and severe
experience lashes US into conscious
ness Of corporal limitations and com
pels the recognition Of natural laws.
Without exception Ill health, phys
ical debility, sickness and suffering In
general come through repeated viola
lions, either on one'r own part or on
the part Of others, OF the laws Of this
universe. OF which we are constitu.
ent part.
1t Is said, Every man is either q fool
or a physician at forty" meaning, OF
course, that every intelligent person
should develop sufficient powers OF OBJ
servation and judgment in 40 years
experience to enable him to live sane
ly, and therefore BEAUTIFULLY. But the
appalling increase In deaths from the
degenerative diseases occurring among
those aged forty years and upward, d.
rectly the result Of personal habits and
indiscretions, raises a question as to
the soundness of the old axiom and Of
the wisdom Of depending solely on
ones ordinary personal experience as
q guide.
Too often irreparable damage Is
done to vital organs before we become
conscious of the breakdown, and then
It is too late to do anything worth
while.
AS q matter Of fact the problem OF
life itself can be solved only by the
study OF what takes place in the mi
mute portion of the cell, for 1t is in
the "centrasome"-a roundish body
alongside the nucleus Of a cell that is
division-that the new for.
nation Of an individual begins. Re.
that cells increase by divi.
sion; there is no corpse; each cell
splits into two, indefinitely. We can
not all become cytologists-cell ex-
perts-but We can easily acquire per.
sonal working knowledge from obser-
vation Of any one of the lower organ
sms-such as the chicken, for instance
sufficient for all practical purposes
ls O safe guide to better things II we
will but open our minds to the truth.
To begin with, we do not know,
lere in this country. how many chill.
iren are born annually, because only q
ew states require birth registration.
md we are therefore unable even to
the percentage Of infants
itillborn as the result Of conditions
IDENTICAL in principle with those that
,ause the death of the chick in the
hell. But we do know from statistics
eturned on approximately 60 per cent
Il our population OF 100000, 900 that at
east twenty-five per cent Of all infants
'orn die before they reach one year
4 age In contrast with this condition
We know that II a sitting hen is given
,ggs from the same pens from which
he incubators are supplied and from
which an 80 per cent hatch is consid-
red highly satisfactory, the hen will,
Nth but few exceptions, produce.
Iatches approximating 100 per cent.
The mortality in the incubator is in.
ignificant compared to that which
axes place among chicks under artifi-
ial brooding and feeding conditions,
hat is to say, during that period Of life
efore the chick is sufficiently mature
D be able to look after its own needs.
II the death Of forty to sixty or more
er cent Of a given flock Of chickens
nded the matter we might content
urselves with the idea that inasmuch
) each species tends to increase in.
the check known always to
Q in action, even though we are not
BILE to perceive It, which is simply ,
ature's method Of preserving a bal. ,
ace, must result in an Improvement b.
the breed. But unfortunately, this )
found not to be true; for invariably .
lose survivors OF conditions which :
reduce these very heavy mortalities :
10 themselves SO shattered physically :
at under the same conditions only =
w generations sufice seriously to de- i.
riorate a fine strain and, II persist .
itly followed, quickly lead to total =
Of the line.
On every hand we find these condi-
ons closely paralleled in the human
,ecies. Deficient food supply to the
'egnant woman gives the same re- e
Its following lack Of heat in any Il
her incubator, and an excess pro- n
ices about the same effect as too a
UGH heat in the machine; both inevi- 81
bly, lead to deterioration In the n
I'D; while artificial feeding Is known G
be fully as disastrous to the child as
Is so clearly proved to be to the
lick and its descendants.
The solution Is comparatively simple p
d consists in nothing more than