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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 025 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 : 



In eight weeks this infant had gained 1,680 gr., 

 while infants artificially nursed and of the same age 

 only average a gain of 1,109 gr., and children on the 

 breast 1 582 °r. ; 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, 

 o-enerally, 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 



