Cornell Study Clubs 1173 



3 Effects of poor care on the baby 



4 Training the child 



a What effect the formation of good physical habits in baby- 

 hood, such as regular meal times and sleeping hours, may 

 have in developing self -controlled, well-poised men and 

 women 



b The need of the child for quiet and freedom from the con- 

 stant attention of grown persons 



c Play, games, and toys as factors in the training of children 



Method of infant feeding 



1 Natural method, or breast feeding 



a Composition and characteristics of mother's milk as com- 

 pared with the milk of other animals 

 b Relative feebleness of the baby and of other young animals 

 c Reasons for better results obtained by using mother's milk 

 d Causes of the inability of the mother to nurse her baby and 



of the failure of the child to flourish 

 e How these causes may be remedied 



f Has the State any responsibility to legislate so as to secure 

 to the working woman the privilege of nursing her children? 



2 Artificial feeding 



a Milk of some other animal 

 (i) Cow's milk 



Characteristics as compared with human milk 

 Reasons for difficulties in using cow's milk for 



infant feeding 

 Underlying principles in modifying milk 

 Methods of adapting cow's milk to suit the baby 

 The use of various gruels in making modified milk 



mixtures 

 Causes of differences in results obtained by using 



milk from various breeds of cattle 

 Clean milk 



Relative cleanness of cow's milk and human 



milk when it reaches the child 

 Possibilities of infecting^ cow's milk on its way 



to the child 

 Practical problems in producing clean milk 

 Sterilization and pasteurization 

 Sterilized milk, pasteurized milk, or milk pro- 

 duced under clean conditions — the best choice 



