. Diseases of infancy and childhood . Fig. 27.—Specimen of Breast-milk from a Young Mother, 17 yearsold. Primipara. Baby four monthsold; thriving; gaining in weight;stools yellow; sleeps well. Chemicalexamination : Fat, ; sugar, ;proteins, Milk looks creamy,and the mammae are well filled. (Original.). Fig. 28.—Specimen of Breast-milk, Illustrating Very High Fat,Causing Gastric Disturbance. Babygaining; vomits frequently; stoolsyellowish; bluish-white milk; childsleeps well; excessive fats. Chem-ical analysis: Fat, ; sugar, ;proteins, ; ash, (Original.) Examinatio
. Diseases of infancy and childhood . Fig. 27.—Specimen of Breast-milk from a Young Mother, 17 yearsold. Primipara. Baby four monthsold; thriving; gaining in weight;stools yellow; sleeps well. Chemicalexamination : Fat, ; sugar, ;proteins, Milk looks creamy,and the mammae are well filled. (Original.). Fig. 28.—Specimen of Breast-milk, Illustrating Very High Fat,Causing Gastric Disturbance. Babygaining; vomits frequently; stoolsyellowish; bluish-white milk; childsleeps well; excessive fats. Chem-ical analysis: Fat, ; sugar, ;proteins, ; ash, (Original.) Examination of Breast-milk.—A method which can be employed ingeneral practice is recommended by Friedmann (Deut. med. ^yoch., , 1902). It is more easily done than a chemical analysis, and servesan equal purpose. It consists of determining by microscopical examinationthe number and character of the milk corpuscles. It is an advantage firstto become familiar with the normal conditions by repeated examinationsof the milk from healthy mothers, those whose children are well and showno sign of rickets or glandular enlargements. The milk corpuscles canbe divided as to size into three gioups, large, snuill, and intermediate, ot*whicb the hitler are most numerous. The small ones are also found inahnost ecpial number
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