222 THE MILK QUESTION 



who received sterilized milk was only 15 per cent. None 

 of the 373 infants given sterilized milk presented any 

 symptoms of infantile scurvy (Barlow's disease). 



Budin and Chavane,* 1894, reported 15 successful cases 

 in 1892 and 1893 of infants fed upon milk sterilized at 100° 

 C. in a water bath and used within twenty-four hours. 

 They give in detail the increase in weight and the condi- 

 tion of each infant. 



Maygrier,'' 1901, states that of 590 infants who received 

 sterilized milk from 1878 to 1901 not one died of diarrhoea. 

 Much similar testimony to the same effect could be brought 

 forward. 



While the evidence is clear that many children are suc- 

 cessfully raised upon milk heated even above the boiling- 

 point, on the other hand we have a number of cases of 

 scurvy following the use of heated milk, the condition ceas- 

 ing with the use of raw milk. Of the 379 cases of scurvy 

 brought together in the report of the American Pediatric 

 Society in 1898, steriUzed milk was the previous diet of 107. 



Every physician knows from observation that some chil- 

 dren do very well upon cooked milk. It is also generally 

 known that it is often only necessary to correct the general 

 dietary, to prevent overfeeding, and to correct the for- 

 mula, in order to convert an apparently bad milk which is 

 not agreeing with an infant into a good food. Often at the 

 same time the heating of the milk is discontinued and 

 the good results of the change are credited to the use of 

 raw milk. Thiemich' found that infants, as well as other 

 animals, throve best on the milk of their own species, but 



^ Budin, P., andChavane, A., " De I'emploi, pour les nourrissons, du 

 lait st6rilis6 k lOOdegrfe au bain-marie," Bull, de Acad. m6d., 3™* s6r., 

 vol. 32, 1894, p. 67. 



' Maygrier, " La consultation de nourrissons k la Charitfi, de 1898 k 

 1901," ObsUtrique, vol. 6, 1901. 



' According to studies by Dr. Janet E. Lane-Claypon. Reports to 

 the Local Government Board (England) on Public Health and Medical 

 Subjects, new series, no. 63. 



