ho dine in the middle of the day
should have supper, but sufficiently early so that a proper length of
time may elapse before going to bed, in order that active digestion may
not be required during sleep. On the other hand, it is not advisable to
go wholly without this meal, but the food eaten should be light, easily
digestible, and moderate in quantity. Persons who indulge in hearty
suppers at late hours, usually experience a poor night's rest, and wake
the next morning unrefreshed, with a headache and a deranged stomach.
Occasionally more serious consequences follow; gastric disorders result,
apoplexy is induced; or, perhaps, the individual never wakes.

FEEDING INFANTS. For at least six or seven months after birth, the most
appropriate food for an infant is its mother's milk, which, when the
parent is healthy, is rich in all the elements necessary for its growth
and support. Next to the mother's milk, that of a healthy nurse should
be preferred; in the absence of both, milk from a cow that has recently
calved is the most natural substitute, in the proportion of one part
water to two parts milk, slightly sweetened. The milk used should be
from but one cow. All sorts of paps, gruels, panadas, cordials,
laxatives, etc., should be strictly prohibited, for their employment as
food cannot be too severely censured. Vomiting, diarrhea, colic, green
stools, griping, etc., are the inevitable results of their continued
use. The child should be fed at regular intervals, of about two hours,
and be limited to a proper amount each time, which, during the first
month, is about two ounces. From 11 P.M. to 5 A.M. the child should be
nursed but once. As the child grows older the intervals should be
lengthened, and the amount taken at a time gradually increased. The plan
of gorging the infant's stomach with food every time it cries, cannot be
too emphatically condemned.

After the sixth or seventh month, in addition to milk, bits of bread may
be allowed, the quantity being slowly increased, thus permitting the
diet to change gradually from fluid to solid food, so that, when the
teeth are sufficiently developed for mastication, the child has become
accustomed to various kinds of nourishment. Over-feeding, and
continually dosing the child with cordial, soothing syrups, etc., are
the most fruitful sources of infant mortality, and should receive the
condemnation of every mother in the land.

PREPARATION OF FOOD. The production of pure blo