The rôle of modern dietetics in the causation of disease / by J. Sim Wallace.

  • Wallace, J. Sim (James Sim), 1869-1951.
Date:
1905
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    them to satisfy their sucking and gnawing propensities on some such substance as leather or indiarubber. The fruit juices are beneficial and so also is the gnawing and sucking, moreover, as the physiological requirements of children are unprovided for in the present generation, it is impossible always to procure fresh sugar-cane and fruit which can be gnawed and from which the juices can be sucked. I mention this method not as a counsel of perfection, but rather to show that certain customs which are somewhat prevalent, approach more nearly to what is, in my opinion, theoretically correct, than are the principles and practices of our modern authorities on dietetics. As the teeth increase in number so must the amount of food which it is allowed to gnaw and suck. When about the fourteenth month the molar teeth come into position the gnawing and sucking must give way to, or rather be supplemented by, true mastication. At this age, then, toasted bread and butter from which the crust has not been removed, or rusks, may be given, and as the solid food is increased so proportionately should the milk be diluted, or even at this age be superseded more or less fully by water. It should be recognised that solid food when first given to children should be distinctly different in consistency from the liquid food to which they were previously accustomed, so that at an early age they may come to recognise the difference between solid and liquid food and to treat it accordingly. If this is done, the choking and spluttering which is such a frequent result of giving more or less soaked food to children is obviated. After the eruption of the incisor teeth the milk should