directly on ice.

USES OF PEPTONIZED MILK.--Partially peptonized milk is useful in young
infants who have difficulty in digesting the curd of milk. Completely
peptonized milk is frequently used during attacks of indigestion. It is
used also to tide a delicate infant over a period when for some reason
the digestive apparatus refuses to digest and assimilate even dilute
mixtures. It is of value also in acute or chronic illness when the child
has to be fed through a tube. When it is necessary to feed per rectum
peptonized foods are often selected in preference to others.

OBJECTIONS TO PEPTONIZED MILK.--Complete peptonization of milk renders
the milk bitter. For this reason many children will not take it. Very
young children whose sense of taste is not developed may be induced to
take it after a few days. It is not wise to continue its use long
because the function of the stomach will become accustomed to the use of
predigested food and refuse to work when called upon. If it is used for
a number of weeks it is wise to stop it gradually in order to permit the
stomach to resume its function in a normal way.

WHAT A MOTHER SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BABY'S FEEDING BOTTLE AND NIPPLE.--In
the first place, always buy round bottles,--round everywhere, inside and
out,--there should be no corners anywhere. The reason for this is, that
bottles that are round everywhere, are easily cleaned, and can be
thoroughly cleaned, and having no corners they do not lend themselves to
collecting dirt and bacteria. When these bottles are first bought they
should be boiled. After each feeding they should be thoroughly washed
with soap or washing powder. A long-handled bottle brush should be used
to help clean the bottle. After the bottle has been thoroughly rinsed a
number of times with hot water, it should be set aside filled with warm
water into which one teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda has been put.
Before filling them with the freshly prepared food each morning the
bottles should be boiled. Every mother with a bottle-fed baby should buy
a dozen bottles, all of the same kind and size to begin with. This is a
great advantage for a number of important reasons, two or three of which
I will mention:

1st. Having enough bottles means that each bottle will be used once only
during the twenty-four hours; there is less chance therefore of a bottle
being cleaned carelessly.

2nd. Having a fresh bottle for each feeding permits all of the food for
twenty-