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estimate of the value of dried milk, although their observations 

 did not extend over any large number of cases. Generally, it 

 appears that they recognise the value of dried milk for sickly 

 children who are unable to take ordinary milk, although in certain 

 cases as much intolerance is shown for dried milk as for other forms 

 of milk. 



Bonnamour, in a discussion upon this subject held by the 

 physicians of Lyons, states that he had only met five cases of 

 intolerance to dried milk in the course of eight years' experience. 

 In the course of the discussion Bouchoud gave details of cases 

 treated by him with dried milk, and professed himself converted 

 from a former stage of doubt as to the value of dried milk. 



Favourable results on pathological cases (twenty-four children) 

 were also given by Weill and Mouriquand, who, however, doubted 

 the advisability of using it as a routine method of feeding. 



Plauchu disagreed with Bonnamour and Porcher in the favour- 

 able results they claim to have obtained, but has not himself given 

 any details of cases treated by him with dried milk. 



Favourable results have also been obtained by Avriaguet, 

 Bloch-Michel, and Dorlemcourt. These authors used dried milk 

 for cases of mixed feeding and for dyspeptic children, and obtained 

 very satisfactory results, although they state that doubtless satis- 

 factory results could also have been obtained by using boiled 

 milk. They believe that the results with dried milk are due to 

 the increased digestibility of the casein and albumen as a result 

 of the heating process. 



Variot states that he used dried milk for some fourteen cases 

 of sick children and considered that the results obtained were 

 poor. The experiments do not appear to have extended over any 

 length of period. 



Nageotte-Wilbouchewitch believed that Variot's conclusions 

 were hardly justified in view of the small number of cases treated 

 by him with dried milk, and quotes figures from Ghent and Bruges 

 in support of this statement. 



(Detailed information as to the work on these lines in Bruges 

 and Ghent are not available.) 



Pouliot states that dried milk is especially valuable for use in 

 intestinal disturbances. 



Comby, reviewing the situation as a whole, considers that dried 

 milk should be regarded as a useful form of food, owing to the 

 dangers which arise from the use of ordinary milk. 



At the English-speaking conference on Infant Mortality, held 

 in London in 1913, evidence was given as to the use of dried milk 

 for infants. 



Pritchard reported the use of dried milk, both as whole milk 

 and as separated milk, with good results, and Naish gave informa- 

 tion as to the use of dried milk among a large number of infants 

 in Sheffield. In this town there are large municipal infant consulta- 



