Diseases incident to the first dentition / by James W. White.

  • White, James W.
Date:
1887
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Diseases incident to the first dentition / by James W. White. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the University of Toronto, Harry A Abbott Dentistry Library, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harry A Abbott Dentistry Library, University of Toronto.

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    Diet from the Second to the Fifth Week. Milk, f.^ss; Cream, fi5ij ; Sugar of milk, gr. xv ; Water, t'sj. This portion to be given every two hour.s from 5 A. M. to 11 r. M. Diet from the Fifth Week to the Fn.d of the Second Month. Milk, f5j,%ij; ! Cream, f gss; Sugar of milk, gr. xxx ; Water, fsj, f^ij. This portion to be given every two hours. Diet during the Third Month. Milk, f 5iiss; Cream, f gss; Sugar of milk, .^j ; Water, fgj. This portion to be given every two and a half hours. Diet during the Fourth ctnd. Fifth Months. Milk, f siiiss; \ Cream, f 5ss; ) Sugar of milk, 5]; W^ater, f'sj. This portion to be given every tiiree hours. Diet during the Sixth Month. Milk, f givss; Cream, f 5ss; Sugar of milk, .5); Water, f.^j. This portion to be given four times daily. Two other meals—morning and mid-day—may be as follows : Milk, f givss; Cream, f 5ss; Mellin's Food, .^j; . Hot water, f5J. Dissolve the Mellin's Food in the hot water, and add, Avith stirring, to the previously-mixed milk and cream. In the seventh month the Mellin's Food may be increased to two teaspoon- fuls and given three times daily. Throughout the eighth and ninth months five meals a day Avill be sufficient —at 7 and 10.30 a. m., 2, 6, and 10 p. m. Milk, f .^viss; Cream, f 3SS; SuQ^ar of milk, 3]; Water, f'aj. This portion for the first and last meals. For the other three meals a table- spoonful of Mellin's Food may be added, or a teaspoonful of flour ball may be given twice daily instead of the Mellin's Food—say at the second and fourth meals.