10 Notes from the Physiological Laboratory 



AN EXAMINATION OF THE FAECES (Continued). 



The facts presented appear to justify the follow- 

 ing conclusions : 



First, that many infants of under three months 

 can digest starchy foods ; 



Second, that the individual variations in this re- 

 gard are so numerous that no broad and general 

 statement can be made as to the period at which 

 infants begin to digest starches; and, 



Third, that the physician can be absolutely cer- 

 tain that a farinaceous ingredient in the diet of a 

 young infant is beneficial only by an examination 

 of the dejecta under such diet. 



