214 THE MILK QUESTION 



is gradually, then rapidly, cooled and the bottles placed 

 on ice. The consumer, therefore, receives a bottle of milk 

 which he can depend upon as being entirely free of infec- 

 tion. In my judgment this method furnishes the safest 

 milk package that has yet been devised. 



The Loew pasteurizer, long used by brewers, is now being 

 introduced into the milk industry for heating milk in the 

 bottles. There are two forms of these machines one is 

 continuous and the other intermittent. The principle in 

 both is alike. The warm water is pumped so that it is 

 showered over the bottles. The temperature of the water 

 is regulated automatically and the time of exposure can 

 also be controlled with precision. The method, therefore, 

 has much to commend itself. Milk thus pasteurized in a 

 sealed bottle is " the perfection of the art." 



Pasteurized milk in relation to infant feeding 



Entirely too much stress has been placed upon the effects 

 of pasteurized milk upon infants. The great emphasis laid 

 upon this minor point has led to an exaggerated notion of 

 its importance. The question of unfit milk in relation to 

 the adult and the growing child has been correspondingly 

 neglected. It has, in fact, almost been disregarded. Viewed 

 broadly, we find that infected milk plays proportionately 

 almost, if not as much, havoc among adults and children 

 as it does among infants. 



This is not a place for the discussion of infant feeding, 

 but certain facts stand out clearly and demand emphasis : 



Babies should have mother's milk. There is no adequate 

 substitute. "Prepare cow's milk as we may, we cannot shut 

 our eyes to the fact that it is out of the question to antici- 

 pate such good results from artificial feeding as from breast 

 feeding. It is well known that the lowest death rate for the 

 first year of life is shown among those infants who are fed on 

 human breast milk." If, for any reason, mother's milk is 

 not available, babies are entitled to the very best and fresh- 



