fying the milk properly, but the nurse should point out
the facts just mentioned, explaining that while these proprietary
infant foods are undoubtedly valuable at times to fill a place when
the milk formula has not proved satisfactory, the use of these foods
as a regular custom is expensive, not only from a financial standpoint
but from a standpoint of health, since their disadvantages far
outweigh their advantages in the long run.

SUMMARY

~Breast Milk as a Food.~--The superiority of breast milk over any
other known food cannot be too strongly emphasized.

~Regularity in Feeding.~--The absolute need for regularity in
feeding--"feeding by the clock" and not by guess or when the baby
cries.

~Indications of Health.~--The normal growth and development to be used
as guides as to the physical well-being of the infant; also as an
indication of the use of the proper modification of milk for the
individual needs of the child.

~Dilution.~--The amount of dilution necessary--cereal waters, whey,
etc.--to increase the digestibility and nutrient values of the
formula.

~The Addition of Alkali.~--The addition of alkalies to milk formulas
to accomplish a like purpose.

~Milk Sugar, Malt Sugar, Cane Sugar.~--The use of the different
sugars, namely, dextri-maltose, lactose, or cane sugar under various
circumstances as the condition of the infant demands.

~Substitutes for Whole Milk.~--The substitution of different milk,
such as lactic acid milk, Bulgarian culture buttermilk, Eiweissmilch,
cream and whey mixtures, as the individual needs of the infant demand.

~Technique of Milk Modifications.~--The absolute need for the nurse
to understand the technique of milk modification before attempting the
care of an artificially fed infant.

~Percentage Computation.~--A knowledge of percentage, that an accurate
computation of a formula may be accomplished.

~Preparation of Food.~--A sufficient knowledge of food preparation to
enable the nurse to prepare any food which may be deemed necessary by
the physician for the welfare of the child.

~Water.~--The importance of giving the baby water aside from that used
in modifying the milk. Many babies cry from thirst when they are
believed to be crying from hunger or temper.

~Increasing the Diet.~--The necessity for increasing the amount and
strength of the formula with the age, growth, and development of the
child by the addition of solid food as soon as the physician deems it
ad