BREAST-FEEDING 



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Observations made by Forsyth in this country show very similar 

 conditions. The table given below shows the gradual rise in the 



amount of milk taken during the early weeks of life, and also 

 the great irregularity in the quantities taken at each feed ; and 



WEEKS 

 3 4.5 



c.c. 



DIAGRAM 4. Showing the average amount of milk and the weight in 

 grammes of the child of the above table in the first seven weeks after birth. 



Diagram 4 illustrates very markedly the facts just referred to 

 in connection with Diagram 3, namely, that there is no direct 



