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as are nursed on the breast, and 818 grammes for those 

 artificially nursed. The infant in question had, how- 

 ever, made a gain of full 1,900 grammes, and at the 

 end of the period of observation was 0*25 grammes 

 heavier than a normal infant, it had, in other words, 

 caught up its deficiency and made a big advance. 

 Another striking example is given of a younger 

 infant, a baby girl, in the Gras hospital : 



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In eight weeks this infant had gained 1,080 gr., 

 while infants artificially nursed and of the same age 

 only average a gain of 1,100 gr., and children on the 

 breast 1,582 gr. ; we must here take into considera- 

 tion that the hospital is no ideal field for experiments 

 in rearing infants on the bottle. 



The transit from common milk to normal milk is,, 

 generally, accompanied by the immediate cessation of 

 any abnormal activity of digestion ; it will be well, 

 however, in all cases, to proceed cautiously. Dr. 

 Steiner remarks in his report on experiences with 



