The care and feeding of children : a catechism for the use of mothers and children's nurses / by L. Emmett Holt.

  • Holt, L. Emmett (Luther Emmett), 1855-1924.
Date:
1914,©1912
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Credit: The care and feeding of children : a catechism for the use of mothers and children's nurses / by L. Emmett Holt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    f — — ■ ■ — ' lar food should be omitted altogether and onlj water given until the doctor has been called. If the food has been reduced for a disiurhance of digestion, how should one return to the original formula f While the reduction of the food should be im- mediate and considerable, the increase should be very gradual. After a serious attack of acute indigestion, when beginning with milk again, it should not be made more than one fifth the original strength, and from ten days to two weeks should pass before the child is brought back to his original food, which should be done very gradually. It is surprising how long a time is required with young infants before they completely recover from an attack of acute indi- gestion, even though it did not seem to be very severe. The second disturbance always comes from a slighter cause than the first one. THE ADDITIOI^ OF OTHEE FOODS TO MILK When should other food he added to the milk f This depends upon circumstances. If formulas from 7-per-cent milk are given, farinaceous food is usually begun at six or seven months. If formulas from whole milk are used it may be given earlier; a