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and wise; the relative abundance of lecithia in the 

 milk of the human mother is not a whim or an ac- 

 cident, but an important fact which we cannot 

 properly ignore. 



We ask ourselves, then, what is the purpose of 

 lecithin? what does it do? Science reveals the fact 

 that it is this substance which forms a very large 

 part of the brain and nerves. So another question 

 arises, why should there be less of it in the milk of 

 cows, goats, sheep, and horses than in woman's milk ? 

 For answer to this question, let us compare the newly 

 born offspring of these various species: "Within 

 half an hour after birth a calf, lamb, kid, or colt can 

 stand, and in a day or two runs around and sees, hears, 

 and smells about as well as its mother. In other 

 words, it is born with a fully developed nervous system. 

 But a baby is very different in this respect, and it 

 needs material for building up its nervous system, 

 and this is found abundantly in woman's milk, but 

 not so much in other milks." Thus Dr. Chapin 

 answers our question.'* 



There are other wonderful elements in milk which 

 are not disclosed by ordinary analysis. In fact, the 

 story of a drop of milk, could it be fully told, would 

 prove one of the great romances of science. We can- 

 not even enumerate these wondrous elements in the 

 present discussion, but there is one without some notice 

 of which we shall not be able to understand subse- 



