CHAPTER XX. 
MODIFIED MILK. 
In the feeding of babies, the importance of changing 
the natural composition of cow’s milk to approximate 
that of human milk is now so generally recognized by 
physicians, nurses and dieticians as to require no fur- 
ther comment. Milk so changed is known as modified 
or nursery milk, and what is needed now is to get milk 
dealers to recognize the importance of supplying this 
milk. All milk dealers have customers that are in need 
of modified milk and all should be in a position to 
provide it. While there are many who are supplying 
modified milk at the present time, it is safe to state 
that the great bulk of babies dependent upon cow’s 
milk are fed this milk in an unmodified form. 
Human and Cow’s Milk Compared. In order that 
milk dealers may appreciate more fully this subject, 
we shall try to point out some of the main differences 
between human milk and cow’s milk. According to 
Koenig, the composition of cow’s milk and human milk 
is as follows: 
Water > ia sar a Sugar Ash 
% = | % % 
eee ——— | a 
COW se sancnsr ese || SBS D7 3-60 | gu55 | 4.88 0.71 
Human........ 88.20 3.30 | 1.50 6.80 fe) 
The chief difference between the two milks, it will 
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