CHAPTER IV. 



MILK FOR INFANT FEEDING. 



While milk is naturally a food that is pri- 

 marily intended for the feeding of the young 

 of all the mammalia and the human family it 

 does not always hold that the young, especially 

 the babies, receive this article of their food just 

 as they should. We know that the milk from 

 a good healthy mother is the best food for 

 the infant, but, for many reasons, it is not 

 always possible for mothers to nurse their 

 babes, and, for this reason, it becomes neces- 

 sary for them to do the best they can under 

 the existing conditions, and so they are com- 

 pelled to resort to artificial feeding and cow's 

 milk is the food usually selected. 



In procuring cow's milk for the baby, it is 

 necessary to violate nature's laws, as nature 

 intended that the young should draw the milk 

 directly from the udder, but it is necessary to 

 draw the milk from the cow artifically and 

 then deliver it to the baby. In the cities, this 

 takes several hours and, as milk is very prone 

 to decompose, it is plain that great care must 

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