A clinical report on the chemical examination of two hundred cases of human breast milk / by Vanderpoel Adriance ... and John S. Adriance.

  • Adriance, Vanderpoel, 1869-1949.
Date:
[between 1890 and 1899?]
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Credit: A clinical report on the chemical examination of two hundred cases of human breast milk / by Vanderpoel Adriance ... and John S. Adriance. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Right breast. Left breast. Spec. grav. 1.030. Spec. grav. 1.030. 2.52 6.62 3-32 6.76 1.62 .21 11.93 Right breast. ^eft breast. Spec. grav. 1.029. Sp '.c. grav. 1.027 3-77 5.6l . 6.89 6.77 2.69 I.19 .20 .20 13.56 '3-79 . 86.43 86.20 Fat, Carboh., Proteids, Salts, Total Solids, Water, Fat, Carboh., Proteids, Salts, Total Solids, Water, Each one of these cases shows variations which are apparent, and in some cases quite marked. We know that the quantity and quality of the milk depend largely upon the demand for it, and especially upon the character of the nursing. If the infant is hearty, and nurses vigorously, the quantity is increased and the quality improved. The next case is the milk of a woman who nursed her own healthy baby from the right breast, and a poor, miserable foster- child from the left breast. The foster-child labored under the disadvantage of its weakness, and being nursed irregularly and grudgingly. Right breast. Left breast. Spec. grav. 1.028. Spec. grav. 1.029. Fat, .... 3.96 2.45 Carboh., .... 7.04 7.04 Proteids, . . . 1.17 1.02 Salts, .... .20 .20 Total Solids, Water, 12.38 87.61 10.73 80.26 The next analysis is that of a woman who had but one func- tionating breast, the other having been dried up at three weeks on account of a cracked nipple.