Practical observations on the diet of infancy and childhood / by Thomas Herbert Barker.

  • Barker, T. Herbert (Thomas Herbert), 1814-1865.
Date:
1850
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Practical observations on the diet of infancy and childhood / by Thomas Herbert Barker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    CONTENTS. The proper diet of Infancy . . . .1 Wet-nursing of Infants when unnecessary, condemned . . 5 Common errors in the earliest days of Infancy . . 6 The best artificial food, when required, in the earliest days of Infancy 8 Importance of natviral sleep . . . . 9 Hints on the health of the nursing-mother . . .12 Choice of a wet-nurse . . . . .11 Diet of the wet-nurse . . . . .16 Diet of a premature child . . . . .18 Weaning . . . , . .19 Food during and after weaning , . . .21 Beverage of childhood. Injurious effects of stimulants . . 23 Artificial feeding . , , . .26 The best artificial food in early Infancy . . . 27 Composition of the milk of different animals compared with that of human nulk . . _ _ _ . 2 S Common en-ors in early artificial feeding . . .30 Tlie diet ofinfant-hfe based upon chemical principles . . 31 Certain articles of food unfit to support infant growth . . 33 Obsci-vationsonthequaHty ofthefood . . .35 Obsen'ations on the quantity of food . . ' . 36 Adulterations of cow's milk . . . . 40 Injurious effects of narcotics . . .41 Diet dm-ing the second stage of Infuncy. . . .4-3 Varieties of food—foot-note . . . .45 Rules for feeding.—Best mode of feeding . . .46 Food during chUdliood . . .49 Conclusion.—Brief recapitulation . . . .52