Infant diet : a lecture / by A. Jacobi. Delivered May 8, 1873. Revised, enlarged, and adapted to popular use by Mary Putnam Jacobi, M.D.

  • Jacobi, A. (Abraham), 1830-1919.
Date:
1891
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Credit: Infant diet : a lecture / by A. Jacobi. Delivered May 8, 1873. Revised, enlarged, and adapted to popular use by Mary Putnam Jacobi, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    PREFACE BY THE EDITOR. What should be the nature of a popular essay ? To judge by the multitude of little books that are lavished upon young mothers to help them in the care of their children, one thing is supposed to be fundamental- theory, or an explanation of sciv,iuific basis for the pre- cepts laid down, must be rigidly avoided. However this may be, observes Fonssagrives, the physiological theory is of no importance to the mother ; all that con- cerns her, is the fact. Now we assume, contrary to this dictum, that the theory of a fact does concern every intelligent person who is interested in its application. We consider that a popular essay must differ from a scientific treatise—1st. By the use of non-technical lan- guage, and consequently by the sacrifice of the concise stylo that enables so much to be concentrated in so few words. 2d. By a careful explanation of things assumed