. Diseases of infancy and childhood . Fig. 38. (Original.) Baby Robert jNI. F. Normal at birth. Was wet-nursed. Gain, first month,2% pounds; second month, li%6 pounds; third month, 1% pounds; fourth month,IVs pounds. Stools were normal. Had gastric disturbances and symptoms ofcolic while the wet-nurse menstruated. When the child was about seven monthsold the chemical analysis of the breast-milk showed a deficiency of fat and quite ahigh percentage of proteins. The milk supply gradually gave out and it wasnecessary to wean the child. WEIGHT IN AETIFICIAL FEEDING. 111. Fig. 39. (Original.) Baby
. Diseases of infancy and childhood . Fig. 38. (Original.) Baby Robert jNI. F. Normal at birth. Was wet-nursed. Gain, first month,2% pounds; second month, li%6 pounds; third month, 1% pounds; fourth month,IVs pounds. Stools were normal. Had gastric disturbances and symptoms ofcolic while the wet-nurse menstruated. When the child was about seven monthsold the chemical analysis of the breast-milk showed a deficiency of fat and quite ahigh percentage of proteins. The milk supply gradually gave out and it wasnecessary to wean the child. WEIGHT IN AETIFICIAL FEEDING. 111. Fig. 39. (Original.) Baby J. S. Born prematurely. Weighed 5 pounds 14 ounces at birth. Wasbottle-fed. Vomited; had dyspeptic symptoms, such as cheesy stools, restlessnessat night, crying continually, and excoriated anus. When one month old the weight,including shirt and diaper, was 6 pounds. A wet-nurse was procured. The childgained 1 pound during the first week, and an average of 10 ounces a week symptoms disappeared; stools became normal. The child was not seen forsix months, and is a perfectly healthy baby today. J3,rtftI ^^ \\\ v^tOs^^ ir I — % K ?>? ^. ^9iaii(Z/3/4u^/bnf^fQZ02j?7?.^/.4-~ ^^ ^ ^ :z: nx Fig. 40. 1 Original. 1 From baby fed on Fskays food since end of third , although soniowhat constipated. Gonoral oondiiiou 112 NUTEITION. Birf/, -J m iA i ^4- t ^8 Fig. 41. (Original.) Baby A. Case of chronic dyspepsia. Child four months old. Weighed 8 pounds15 ounces. Gained 13 ounces the first week of treatment; 6 ounces the s
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