The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-11

proper management before the com
ing OF the baby II can be avoided In
very many cases.
tuberculosis in the mother NAV
Justify the bottle. though not in
every case. The family doctor will
decide here. Certain II is that the
tuberculosis germ is not taken by
the infant from its mothers milk.
Besides, tuberculous mothers will
fondle and kiss their infants, thus
endangerlng them, whether they
nurse them or not.
Some forms OF heart disease, OF
anemia weak and watery blood).
Of kidney disease, some nervous
disorders. most serious chronic dis
eases and. of course. acute infec-
tons - pneumonia, typhoid fever,
erysipelas and so on-an such all
ments and diseases are prohibitive
OF nursing. Mothers in delicate
health should not nurse; they may
indeed fail to nourish their infants,
harm being thus worked to both
mother and babe.
1t was for such mothers and only
for such that able and humane ply
sicians and scientists. many OF
them men OF real genius. have
sought during the past three-score
years TO approximate cows milk to
mothers milk.
There Is no perfect substitute for
mothers milk nor for breast feed
ing. And DR.. Wachenheim, in his
book published this year. on In
fant Feeding" and which he dedi-
Gates 20 Professor jacob. his
teacher in pediatrics, considers
that &c would not be astonishing IL
the reader emerged from the peru
sal OF his exposition OF artificial
infant feeding In a state OF mental
confusion. more than a dozen
methods OF feeding have been pre-
sented. each with sponsors and de-
tractors. Unfortunately, the
confusion gives an accurate pic
ture Of the present situation. a
system OF artificial feeding that
really meets the requirements ts
still awaiting discovery. the ques-
ton is. whether human ingenuity
VIII ever prove itself equal to the
task. I'm the meantime. there re-
mains only one proper and reliable
way 10 feed a baby. and that Is on
breast milk; artificial feeding Is. so
far. only q makeshift. a trial and
FcXatiOn In a large percentage OF
cases. and only tolerably satisfac-
tory when most successful"
Hero are some Of the difficulties
in the situation: here are some OF
the reasons why the many sub
stitutes for mothers milk have
never been ideal substitutes for
the maternal milk.
No bodily fluids OF various species
Of living creatures AS the human
and the bovine milk can be made
adequately similar because there
are chemical differences which
simply cannot be- composed The
prOieid OF cows milk. for instance.
contains no lecithin and no suit
able phosphorus, essential ele-
mcut7 In human brain tissue.
Neither COWS nor their calves need
this licithin nor this kind Of phos.
phOrus. Their programme Of exist
ence does not call for thinking
just rumination sufhCed for their
simple buc0iic needs.
But mothers milk does contain
lecifhin and phosphorus. which are
OIL entail l0 her baby's development:
that baby. being not n calf. but n
member ~ The genus homo. which
has attained ifs supreme place In
the universal scheme only by lts
thinking superiority And phos-
pnOrI7 essential 20 thinking
Ohne Phoaphor klein Gcdenke"-
no thought without phosphorus. de-
clare1 The German philosopher
DO takes n human baby. Or already
stated. its FIRST two years t0 attain
&c. f1ii brain development though
not OF course. ~ full mental growth.
Tn those two years its brain not
only doubles ln weight. but in-
croages marvrll0uHly in See convo.
luiions and cOmpierifics The calf
the lambkin or the Roatling has an
Che brains 81 lg ever rolng 90 have
tfe hour Of ifs borninF. 10 win
jump about 20 win Ramb0l on tho
green, II viii, within a few hours