The care of children / by Arthur Miller.

  • Arthur Miller
Date:
1912
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Credit: The care of children / by Arthur Miller. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (v) The use of patent foods. Many of the patent foods contain starch, and as in the first six months a baby has not developed the starch-digesting part of its gastric outfit, such foods naturally cause digestive disturb- ances. But even those foods which contain no starch are many of them too rich in carbo-hydrates, a class of food substance of which starch is a member. The effect of this excess of carbo-hydrates is seen in loose stools, flatulence, and colic. (vi) Too high a proportion of cream. This probably is but rarely an effective cause, but when there are digestive troubles, and especially if they are accompanied by looseness of the bowels, it is well to try reducing temporarily the amount of added cream. (vii) All such stupidities as giving babies odd pieces of cake or whatever happens to be going “ because they love it so.” Of these evil things, Dr. Still particularly instances bananas,