Infant care / [United States Children's Bureau].

  • United States Children's Bureau
Date:
1935
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Credit: Infant care / [United States Children's Bureau]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    depend on the ounce marks on the nursing bottles, which are not always accurate. Cover the bottles at once with rubber bottle caps or rubber stop- pers or with squares of waxed paper held down by rubber bands. Rubber caps or stoppers must be boiled every day before they are used. After the milk mixture has been prepared and boiled and the bottles filled, place the bottles in the rack, and place this in the ice box close to the ice. A double boiler may be used if it is not convenient to boil the milk or milk mixture in a single saucepan. Milk cooked in a covered double boiler is held at a temperature just under the boiling point. If it is cooked for 20 minutes in this manner disease-producing germs will be killed and also the milk will be made more digestible, asin boiling. Fill the lower part of double boiler with cold water so that the water outside and the milk mixture inside are at the same level. Place the double boiler on the stove. When the water begins to boil note the time and allow the mixture to cook 20 minutes, with the double boiler covered tightly. A scum will form on the milk. When finished, cool the milk mixture by setting the upper part of the double boiler into a pan of cold water and stirring the mixture. Strain the mixture and measure it into the feeding bottles. Addition of flour to formula.—Sometimes the formula ordered by the doctor calls for stated amounts of flour—barley or wheat—to be cooked into the milk mixture. For this a double boiler should be used. Mix the required amount of flour with a little cold water, rubbing it to a perfectly smooth paste. Add more water until the paste is thin. Pour this thin paste into a measuring glass and add water to make up the total quantity needed. Mix this with the required amounts of milk and sugar in the top part of the double boiler. Place the top of the double boiler directly on the stove and heat rapidly to a vigorous boil, stirring the mixture constantly to prevent lumping of the flour. Then place the top over the lower part of the double boiler, which contains boiling water, and allow the mixture to cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. As some water will boil away it is necessary to measure the mixture after boiling and add boiling water, as directed on page 100. Cereal water in formula.—Sometimes the doctor directs that cereal water instead of plain water be used in the formula. Cereal water is usually made of barley or wheat flour. To make it take 1 to 2 level tablespoonfuls of flour (or the amount ordered by the doctor), rub this to a smooth paste with a little cold water, then add a pint of cold water. Put this mixture into a saucepan and boil it, stirring it constantly. After it has boiled, place it in a double boiler and cook it at least half an hour. If it lumps, strain it, mashing the lumps through the strainer.