Infant-feeding in its relation to health and disease, by Louis Fischer; containing 54 illustrations, with 24 charts and tables, mostly original . is a good plan toallow the child to nurse through a nipple-shield. (SeeFig. 15.) Nipple-shields can be used during the nursing act,and immediately thereafter the following salve can besmeared on the nipples:— R Zinc oxide, 1 , 1 ounce.—M. BREAST-PUMP. The breast-pump (Figs. 16 and 17) is a valuable ad-dition to the nursery. It should be kept scrupulouslyclean by immersing it in boiling water containing a pinchof table-salt. In drawing a
Infant-feeding in its relation to health and disease, by Louis Fischer; containing 54 illustrations, with 24 charts and tables, mostly original . is a good plan toallow the child to nurse through a nipple-shield. (SeeFig. 15.) Nipple-shields can be used during the nursing act,and immediately thereafter the following salve can besmeared on the nipples:— R Zinc oxide, 1 , 1 ounce.—M. BREAST-PUMP. The breast-pump (Figs. 16 and 17) is a valuable ad-dition to the nursery. It should be kept scrupulouslyclean by immersing it in boiling water containing a pinchof table-salt. In drawing a specimen of breast-milk for achemical examination the breast-pump is very useful. Ifan infant is ill and refuses the breast,—as, for example,if it has rhinitis or cold in the head, nasal obstruction,preventing it from breathing while the nipple is in itsmouth,—it generally will take the breast and immediately 22 Kinderernaehrung, fourth edition, 1900, page 110. BREAST-PUMP. 91 let go of it again. If the breast-pump is properly applied,and the required quantity of milk drawn off, the infantcan frequently be fed slowly with a 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-
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