On the principles and exact conditions to be observed in the artificial feeding of infants : the properties of artificial foods and the diseases which arise from faults of diet in early life ... / by W.B. Cheadle.

  • Cheadle, Walter B. (Walter Butler), 1835-1910.
Date:
1906
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    brightening the recollection of elementary facts will not be lost. First then, the body requires a constant Materials ' required for supply of materials for various essential pur- poses. In a full-grown person the chief of these are the repair of structures, many of them undergoing constant unceasing change and as unremitting self-repair; the supply of secre- secretions, tions requisite for vital functions, as the juices which effect digestion, for example; and also as fuel to be burnt in the body for the supply of fuel, heat, and of force or energy for every movement and action and operation of organic life. But in children there is a need for materials in children need for an- for another grand purpose in addition, viz. for pt0^rs^1r the structure and development of new parts. The existing tissues have to be kept in repair, just as with adults, but what may be called building materials are also required for making the new tissues of the growing structure, structure of new parts. So that a child requires certain materials in larger proportion than an adult. Again, while a mature adult can thrive upon Theaduit requires a limited assortment of food elements, provided limited that it contains combustible enough for the supply of energy, and enough of other materials assortment of food ele- ments ;