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intelligently used and not merely according to a set of general formulas 

 which the manufacturer prepares. In other words, he says that the phy- 

 sician should be equipped with a sufficient understanding of infant feed- 

 ing to construct each formula to suit the needs of the individual patient. 

 If, for instance, a food is used that is composed of malt sugar, a sufficient 

 knowledge of infant feeding would indicate the exact amount of milk and 

 water necessary to be added to this food. 



Dennett says that since cow's milk was intended for the calf such 

 measures of modification or dilution must be taken in order to adapt it 

 to the human infant's digestion. 



L. Emmett Holt, M. D., LL. D., professor of diseases of children in 

 the College of Physicians and Surgeons (Columbia University), in his 

 book on "The Care and Feeding of Children," ",ays: "Scurvy is a disease of 

 general nutrition, usually caused by the loiig continued use of improper 

 food. Most of the cases come from the use of the prepared infant's foods 

 sold in the stores, especially when they are given without fresh milk; 

 occasionally the use of condensed milk and of sterilized milk is followed 

 by scurvy; sometimes it is seen when, owing to feeble digestion, it has been 

 necessary to make cow's milk very weak for a long time — If not recog- 

 nized, or untreated, it may cause death." 



In a book on nursing by Amy E. and Thirza A. Pope they say that 

 rickets is supposed to be due to a lack of fat, proteid food, and salts in the 

 diet. The prevention is food rich in mineral matter, as fruit juices, and, 

 if the child is old enough, vegetables and rare or uncooked beef, milk, 

 eggs, etc. Starches are restricted. 



