Golden rules for diseases of infants & children / by George Carpenter.

  • Carpenter, George, 1859-1910
Date:
[1903]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Golden rules for diseases of infants & children / by George Carpenter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    weaning by the condition of the infant. When weaning, commence with a milk mixture of low proteids and fat, gradually increasing their strength. During the first six months of life observe the following percentages:— Percentages. Dietary in ounces. 1. Fat - 2-00 Sugar - 6‘00 Proteids - *60 1 20 °/ Cream* 1'69 Milk - -1*55 Water - 16*76 \ Milk Sugar - 1'05 2. Fat - 2'50 Sugar - 6'00 Proteids - '80 l 20°/o Cream* 2-04 Milk - - 2‘28 ) Water - - 15'68 \ Milk Sugar - 1'02 Percentages. Dietary in ounces. 3. Fat - 3'00 Sugar - 6'00 Proteids - 1 '00 / 20 °/0 Cream* 2'40 Milk - - 3-00 ) Water - 14*60 ( Milk Sugar - '97 * 20 per cent, cream = ordinary centrifugal cream; 16 per cent, cream = skimmed cream. Stand milk 12 hours—set over night and skim in the morning. 12 per cent, cream — 2J per cent, cream and milk, equal parts, or skimmed cream from milk standing 6 hours.