Infant feeding : a practical guide to the artificial feeding of infants / by J.S. Fowler.

Date:
1909
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Infant feeding : a practical guide to the artificial feeding of infants / by J.S. Fowler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE Introductory—Bio-chemical Properties of Milk —Composition of Cow's Milk—Digestive Functions in Infancy—Digestion of Milk Proteid—Human Milk . . . . 1 CHAPTER II Certain General Considerations—1. Clean Milk —Effect of Heat on Milk—Sterilization. 2. Quantities of Food. 3. Amount at each Meal, and Intervals. 4. Feeding Appli- ances, AND Details of Feeding . . 28 CHAPTER III Feeding a Normal Infant from Birth—1. With Diluted Milk. 2. With Undiluted Milk (Budin's Method) . . . . . 78 CHAPTER IV Diluents, and the Addition of Alkalis—Ci- TRATED Milk—Peptonized Milk—Milk Modi- fications to Imitate Human Milk—Percent- age Feeding— Top Milks —The Use of Whey— Humanized Milk —Buttermilk— Condensed Milk—Albumin Water—Raw Meat Juice—Proprietary Foods . . 97