ppy, carefree mental state. Nothing dries up milk so rapidly
as worry, grief, or nagging.

11. The administration, preferably in the early days, of desiccated
bovine placenta; although it may be given at any time during the
period of nursing.

WHEN THE BABY SHOULD NOT BE NURSED

As much as we desire maternal nursing for the babe, there do occur
instances and conditions which demand a change to artificial feeding,
such as the following:

1. A new pregnancy.
2. Mothers with uncontrollable tempers.
3. Cases of breast abscess.
4. Prolonged illness of the mother with high fever.
5. Wasting diseases such as tuberculosis, Bright's disease, heart
disease, etc.
6. Maternal syphilis.
7. When maternal milk utterly fails, or is wholly inadequate.

When a maternal anesthetic is to be administered, or in case of
inflammation of the breast or during a very short illness not covering
more than two or three days, then the breast pump may be used
regularly every three hours to both breasts; the baby may be
artificially fed and then returned to the breast after the effects of
the anesthetic has worn off or the temperature has been normal for
twenty-four hours.

There may also appear definite indications in certain children which
make it imperative that the nursing child should early be weaned.
These manifestations of disordered nutrition and failing health
admonish us to put the baby on properly modified milk, or to transfer
it to a wet nurse.

These conditions are:

1. Progressive loss in weight.

2. A bad diarrhea of long standing; one which does not yield to the
usual remedies, at least not as long as the baby continues to feed
from the breast. These diarrheas are especially serious when
accompanied by a steady loss in weight.

3. Excessive vomiting accompanied by progressive loss in weight.

THE WET NURSE

Because of the rarity of good, healthy wet nurses, it is always better
to attempt to feed the baby with scientifically modified milk (not
proprietary foods), good, clean, cow's milk properly modified to suit
the weight and age of the child. We put weight first, for we prepare
food for so many pounds of baby rather than for the number of months
old he is.

If modified food has failed and the best specialist within your reach
orders a wet nurse; she must have the following qualifications:

1. She must be free from tuberculosis and syphilis.
2. She should be between twenty and thirty ye