The Mortality of Infants. SO 



milk, and to judge from the numerous inquiries that 

 have been sent from America, and from the hearty 

 encouragement I have received from the medical men 

 of this country, it would seem that this article will, 

 also here, be gladly hailed, and fill the place of a true 

 blessing. It will not be found amiss to append two 

 testimonials from German physicians : 



Dr. (inecl.) Hess, says: "During the epidemic of 

 cholera infantnm, in the summer of 1805, I had the 

 opportunity of becoming acquainted with the nutri- 

 tive and curative properties of the normal infants' 

 milk. I treated eighty-two infants, part of them 

 purely medicinally, and part of them purely clieti- 

 callv, another part with combined treatment, accord- 

 ing to the age of the infants and the intelligence of 

 the parents. On the whole, I am able to record great 

 success in all cases where the nursing was properly 

 attended to, where the milk was administered accord- 

 ing to instructions, and where the infant received the 

 milk direct from the bottle. I had eight cases of 

 death, two of these were infants that had received the 

 normal milk. Out of my eighty-two little patients, 

 fifty-five were treated with the normal milk alone, 

 fifteen received medicines besides, twelve were treated 

 with medicines only, and of these latter, six died. 

 The medicines prescribed were : Kreosot, argent, 

 nitric. Colombo and Bism. subnitr, according as con- 

 ditions required, also Tokay wine. My opinion is, 

 that if I were placed before the alternative to com- 

 bat a case of cholera infantum, or of summer diarrhea 



