Care and feeding of infants and children; a text-book for trained nurses . quired it should be madeup with properly diluted cowsmilk. Reasons for Wean 1 xgTHE Baby, — There are veryfew reasons sufficiently weightyto excuse a mother from nurs-ing her baby. Some authori-ties, notably German, admit ofonly one, and that is activetuberculosis in the are undoubtedly others, ^^ corpuscles. but they are few Mothers can usually nurse their babies throughmost illnesses without detriment either to mother or child. Small Moktality of Breast-fed Babies.—The mortalityin breast-fed
Care and feeding of infants and children; a text-book for trained nurses . quired it should be madeup with properly diluted cowsmilk. Reasons for Wean 1 xgTHE Baby, — There are veryfew reasons sufficiently weightyto excuse a mother from nurs-ing her baby. Some authori-ties, notably German, admit ofonly one, and that is activetuberculosis in the are undoubtedly others, ^^ corpuscles. but they are few Mothers can usually nurse their babies throughmost illnesses without detriment either to mother or child. Small Moktality of Breast-fed Babies.—The mortalityin breast-fed babies is only about one-seventh that of bottle-fedbabies. Even when the amount of breast milk is insufficient,and when the deficiency is made up with other food, the deathrate is much less. During the siege of Iaris, in 1870, the mortality among in-fants was lower than it ever had been, owing to the fact that itwas impossible to get cows milk and other foods, the mothersbeing compelled to nurse their babies. Immunity to Disease.—Breast-fed babies enjoy a certain. 88 CARE OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN immunity to disease which artificially-fed infants do not possess,and are much more liable to recover when they are attacked. Ithas been pretty well demonstrated that the immunizing prin-ciples of the mothers blood may be transmitted to the childthrough the milk. It is impossible, however, to transmit im-munity through the milk except to the young of the same drugs, including cathartics, are eliminated in the milk, caus-ing disturbance in the infant. Many of the failures in breast-feeding are due to faulty tech-nic. Almost all babies may be kept on the breast if the conditionsof the individual case are carefully studied. Technic of NuKSiNC.—During the first twenty-four hoursit is sufficient to put the baby to the breast two or three there is little or no secretion, a little boiled water may be givenwith a spoon (one-fourth to one-half ounce). If the water
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