Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-14
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Health Talks, by Dr.. VIM. Brady
Taking Candy From Baby

The meanest thing mean man can do ia
to take candy away from a baby literally or
hguratively.
a great many mothers who really worship
their children do worse than that. They rob
the baby of his birthright, for social or pcrsonol
reasons. and substitute some artificial food But
right here is where the meanness of it comes in
The substitute food is cheat food, n fakc-food
Let us say 1t is condensed milk some other
kind of canned nourshment For a time it
agrees pcrfectly--why. any doctor who VEN
lures TO intimate that it is not suitable food
for the baby only shows his Ignorance. Look at
the baby-as fat rs n young shoati And grand
Neutrality-suspicious. ought to know. for she
raised fully so per cent of her babies by hand
grandma can assure the young mother that tho
baby is thriving on the chea,food and that the
young doctor will know more when he grows
older.
Well, the big. fat hahby, white unh,,man
looking baby surely thrives on the ncar-no,,r-
ishment, if mere flesh is any criterion. lie may
of what our nlmoSt-food does for frail babies
His misguided parents are encouraged in the
notion that quantity rather than quality is what
counts in baby That is, unless they are rudcly
onlightened by the matter-of-fact experts in
better baby" contest.
Rut after few months baby begins to sort
of grow pecvish and sickly Somehow, he doesn't
get along ns fast the neighbours phenomenon
who had nothing hut Old Doctor Natures nour-
ishment all through, or perhaps just plain cows
milk The doctor is finally consulted BABY is
found to be anacmic. has tendency to scurvv
is much too fat. and shows signs OF approaching
ricketts, Food is wrong-yes it makes the hahy
fat. but it doesn't make blood and muscle Too
much sugar in it, Not enough fat-none at all
to speak Of Also it is sterile, or nearly so
u
we know not what, that makes natural food es-
scntial for health and life. the something that
scurvy and other troubles in babies or
adults who try to live for long time pre-
served. canned or any other than fresh food
Mothers must bear In mind that Just because
certain food happens to agree with the baby
or because he likes il and grows fat 1t, is
no reason for assuming the food must he suit
able for his needs. These canned substitutes
for human milk and for cows milk cheats
every one of them, from the baby's standpoint
Their proper field is this to temporarily
when necessary to tide over emergency or
course they are free from bacteria, and usually
diEestiblc, because they contain so little nutri-
ment as prepared for feeding, and hence are
useful In emergencies where little food is
needed But no manufacturer has yet produced
a substitute for fresh. pure certified, PastcurZed
or tuberculin tested cows milk for feeding
babies.
Asthma aud ScnsifzntlOn to Egg Protein
My sister. aged hfty-two. writes physician
suffered from almost constant asthma for MANY
years We persuaded her to submit TO an opcra-
ton for the removal of septic focus I'm tho
pelvis. In the hope that that might relieve tbo
asthma. but II did not. Finally she was given