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These infants were a picture of health, and never 

 showed the slightest inconvenience in consequence of 

 their variegated bill of fare. 



The success of these investigations led to others in 

 the direction of ascertaining the effects of normal 

 milk on adults. In complaints of the stomach, as 

 well as in other derangements, for instance, those ac- 

 companied by fever, the activity of this organ is seri- 

 ously depressed. The segregation of gastric juice is 

 insufficient, or even entirely paralyzed ; the food eaten 

 is not digested in a certain space of time, but remains 

 for a longer period, passes to fermentation and decom- 

 position, engendering the well known symptoms of 

 serious indigestion. A nourishment which exacts no 

 strain on the digestive forces of the stomach should 

 be offered to such patients. We know, that the mere 

 physical function of the stomach is to transform the 

 food eaten into a homeogenous slop. 



The investigations of v. Mchring have shown that 

 fluids are not assimilated in the stomach. Every drop 



