The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-11
Recent Experiments
Show That the Human
Infant Must Have
Many Important Things
in Its Food Which
the Calf Has No Need
For and Which
Nature Therefore Does
Not Supply in
Cows Milk

n ECENT scientific investigation
TX has revealed a good many
things which were not hith-
erto known about infant feeding.
and now makes II plain that cows
milk is a very poor substitute for
mothers milk. When the whole
subject has been thoroughly inves-
tigated IL may be found that our
poor teeth, our nervous break
downs and other troubles and dis
eases OF middle life are really trace
able 10 the widespread custom OF
bringing up babies on COWS milk.
II is matter OF tremendous sig
nificance that the calf is born with
all the brains Il is ever going to
have, while Il takes the human in
fant its first two years to attain
its full brain development and lay
A solid foundation for further and
.uture mental growth.
Since the cows baby comes into
he world with a fully matured
brain and fully developed nervous
system. nature does not supply m
lows milk any Of the essential in.
gradients which are necessary to
levelOp the brain and nervous sys-
.em.
There are two essential elements
IN the human brain tissue. lecithln
and phosphorus. A baby's brain
and nervous system cannot properly
develop without lecithin and avail
able phosphorus. Since a cows
baby does not need either Of these
important elements. aud therefore
nature does not provide them in
cows milk. e becomes az once ap-
parent what a serious thing II is
for the human infant to be forced
TO 90 through the first two years OF
brain and nerve development with
out the two vital ingredients in its
food which are required.
II has for long time been known
that a babys first teeth milk
teeth are already formed and in
position when the child fs born.
Not only this. but the second. or
permanent teeth. are in position in
a rudimoutary form before the milk
teeth como through the gums.
The development OF the second.
OF permanent teeth depends upon
fhe activity ord vigor 81 the nerves.
The fith nerve. or facial nerve.
runs In small branches 10 each ru-
dimontary tooth. Ii these little
branch nerves become atropnied or
under-nourished. the second teeth
do not develop. and either never
emerEe from the gums or come
fhrough in q soft. ChalHy and feeble
coudilion.
Il D. possible that further inves.
igations win show that the lack OF
proper ingredients in cows milk
Turing the first two years of the
nfanta ldn. while the nervous sys-
tenn A. being developed. may ac-
count for the bad teeth OF the pres.
nj and future generations Indeed
{ o. not impossible that the proper
rOwth and Development of thc very
mpor ant ducfleTs glands which
are nov little Understood. may be
impaired by Che lack OF certain
necessary ingredients which are
provided In mothers milk. but are
lacking IN cows mills.
Dr. Julius Levy. OF Newark. in
nastcrful article which ho wrote
or American Medicine. ou Mater
pal Nursing Considered from ice
cvo.utionary AID Bi0I0riraf As-
pecia.' tells how prior to Che mid
pc n The Nineteenth Century text
books devoted to flo care and the
diseases of children contained zoo
reference whatever f0 fro artificial
eeding Of infants. although much
bat Wag and is today instructive
Faa written about nursing mothers.
To-day that Kind OF Instruction in
uch Textbooks Dr. very largely
Implanted b. Information aa TO-
BE- care Of cows milk Before 1850.
nat Oh. for sOmefhinr llko six hun
red thousand years. mothers
ur8ed their OneprinEs. or. rarely.
nd whenever o. was not possible
pr them 10 be disposed With. there
verc wet nurerr There we're no
thor ways of nurturinr infants
or courae. f1cra are mothers who
eaily cannot nurse their babies
here have alHaya been mothers
b unfortunately positlonrd Bot
be contingency lg. or ln reality
eed ~ very rare indeed. ~