The report of the Philadelphia baby saving show, and the proceedings of the Conference on infant hygiene . d Soothin,sx S//rups |S-o Ihitt- ] 1. In the central portion of this booth was a draxving of a hand of a skeleton hold-ing in its clasp eight bottles of the anodynes in common use. On either side of itwere enlarged photograi)hilowsSoothing Syru]). .\t one end oi the iiootli xvas a photograph of tixe bottles containing laudanum,with labels recommending them a,s valuable in (piieting babies, and on the ojjpositeend was a photograph of seven bottles of alleged di()htheria cures
The report of the Philadelphia baby saving show, and the proceedings of the Conference on infant hygiene . d Soothin,sx S//rups |S-o Ihitt- ] 1. In the central portion of this booth was a draxving of a hand of a skeleton hold-ing in its clasp eight bottles of the anodynes in common use. On either side of itwere enlarged photograi)hilowsSoothing Syru]). .\t one end oi the iiootli xvas a photograph of tixe bottles containing laudanum,with labels recommending them a,s valuable in (piieting babies, and on the ojjpositeend was a photograph of seven bottles of alleged di()htheria cures and two shelves in the central portion of the booth there were ^2!) bottles containingdifferent anodynes and soothing syrups, and above them was written the legend:These all contain opium. They may make yiiur liaby sick. Heneath the shelves there were three ])hotograi)hic illustrations of bottles con-taining soothing syrui)s, representing a total of 4iS. 11. 14S DIRECTOR) AM) contain an <xsi\tan-li and snt;ar. and tliat,in order to hrini; the anionnts of these inL:re(lients down to tlie normal, it \\a>necessary to reduce the protein and fat content to siicli a low |-oint as to render themof little value as foods. There was shown a chart em|ihasi/,ini: thome of the patent h one of I he photojiraijlis re|)resentinf; a child u il h rickets was the legend ;A child fed on food other than hreast milk often {icts ricket-. Tlii-oimhollt this hootll esjxcial emphasis was laid on the importance ot amount of fat and protein in all foods, and the danger of e\ces
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