Infant-feeding in its relation to health and disease, by Louis Fischer; containing 54 illustrations, with 24 charts and tables, mostly original . Fig. 16.—Breast-pump. In a serious condition,—as, for example, in a severecase of pneumonia with loss of appetite,—the life of thechild may depend on forced feeding. This will be de-. Fig. 17.—Breast-pump. scribed in the section on Gavage. It is very importantto have the cup or any other receptacle into which wedraw the breast-milk properly sterilized; Otherwise thebreast-milk will be infected in the same manner as hasbeen described in detail in the
Infant-feeding in its relation to health and disease, by Louis Fischer; containing 54 illustrations, with 24 charts and tables, mostly original . Fig. 16.—Breast-pump. In a serious condition,—as, for example, in a severecase of pneumonia with loss of appetite,—the life of thechild may depend on forced feeding. This will be de-. Fig. 17.—Breast-pump. scribed in the section on Gavage. It is very importantto have the cup or any other receptacle into which wedraw the breast-milk properly sterilized; Otherwise thebreast-milk will be infected in the same manner as hasbeen described in detail in the sections on Cows Milkand Bottle-feeding. CHAPTEE XIV. Infants Weight. When a child develops normally, at either breast-or bottle- feeding, then it increases from 6 to 8 ounceseach week for the first two or three months. This gainis slightly lessened toward the end of the fifth or sixthmonth; but if a child thrives, then its gain, be it everso small, must be steady from week to week. We havedistinct data on which to base our calculations, and anyvariation from the normal should be carefully investi-gated. If a child is breast-fed, and suddenly ceases togain in weight, then a chemical examination of the breast-milk is imperative to know just what ingredient is want-ing. If the child is bottle-fed, and the weight does no
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