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Formula for the seventh month.--From a quart of pure milk carefully skim
off the top six ounces, pour off fifteen ounces of the milk and add
twenty-one ounces of barley or oatmeal gruel to which has been added
dissolved four teaspoonfuls of granulated or seven of milk sugar, a pinch
of bicarbonate of soda. Give six or seven ounces at each meal and six
meals in twenty-four hours.

Formula for the eighth month.--Skim six ounces of top-milk as before
directed, pour off seventeen ounces of milk, add twenty-one ounces of
barley or oatmeal gruel, four of granulated or seven teaspoonfuls of milk
sugar, a pinch of salt and bicarbonate of soda. Give six and one-half to
seven ounces every three hours up to 10 p. m.

Formula for the ninth month.--Use six ounces of top-milk skimmed off as
before, twenty ounces of milk poured off, twenty-two ounces of either
barley or oatmeal gruel, a pinch of bicarbonate of soda and salt added to
the gruel, and five teaspoonfuls of granulated or eight of milk sugar
dissolved in boiled water and put in the gruel. Give seven or eight ounces
of this every three hours up to 10 p. m.

Formula for tenth month.--The milk in a quart bottle is stirred and thirty
ounces of this is taken and twenty ounces of either barley or oatmeal
gruel is added to it, to which three teaspoonfuls of granulated or seven
of milk sugar, a pinch of salt and a pinch of bicarbonate of soda have
been added. Feed the child every three and a half hours up to 10 p. m.,
making five meals in twenty-four hours, and seven to eight ounces at each
meal.

Formula for eleventh month.--Stir up the entire quart of milk, add
thirteen ounces barley or oatmeal gruel and to this add one tablespoonful
of granulated or two of milk sugar dissolved in boiled water, a pinch of
salt and a pinch of bicarbonate of soda. Treat as used; eight or nine
ounces are given at each feeding, and five feedings given during the
twenty-four hours.

Formula for twelfth month.--Stir up the entire quart of milk; add eleven
ounces of gruel, one tablespoonful of granulated or two of milk sugar, a
pinch of salt and bicarbonate of soda. The child should now have five
regular meals daily, arranged about as follows: Six a. m., nine ounces of
this modified milk; 8 a. m., teaspoonful of prune jelly or strained juice
of an orange; 10 a. m., seven ounces of the modified milk and two
tablespoonfuls of a well cooked cereal; 2 p. m., five ounces of beef juice
or six ounces