Diet in infancy : the essential introduction to the study of disease in childhood / by A. Dingwall-Fordyce.

  • Fordyce Alexander Dingwall.
Date:
1908
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Credit: Diet in infancy : the essential introduction to the study of disease in childhood / by A. Dingwall-Fordyce. 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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    TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS PAGE 1. The Healthy Infant . . . . . 1 2. The Sick Infant ...... 5 PART I NORMAL INFANCY A. General ....... 9 B. The Mother . . . . . .10 The Constituents of a Food . . . .11 Maternal Milk . . . . . .13 Composition . . . . .15 Conditions affecting Quality and Quantity of Secretion 15 Mixed Feeding . . . . . .17 C. The Infant ....... 17 Birth . . . . . . .17 Digestion . . . . . . • 18 D. Breast Feeding . . . . - .23 Importance ...... 23 Practice. ...... 24 Weaning ...... 25 THE SICK SUCKLING 1. Variations in the Health of the Mother . . 25 2. Variations in the Health of the Child . . 26 3. Improper Nursing ..... 27
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