Scientific care of the coming generation now begins with the mothers, for it is magnificent milk used, the hygienic conditions under which it is prepared, and the to expert. control at every stage bring modern milk foods i very near to their human prototype.
There is no reason to fear that any of the dren is giving way before the knowledge of essential vitamins of the fresh milk wil the excellent modifications which can be disappear in the process of manufacture. achieved by proper diet and care.
Take teeth, for It is fore dificult to Kill vitamins Miam is generally imagined. Some very curious data on this subject were obtained last year on the examination of a tin of roast veal which had been supplied by Messrs. Donkin to the British Admiralty for use with Sir Edward Parry's" expedition in 1824 in search of the North-west passage. This tin journeyed twice to the Arctic with Sir Edward Parry—on his third exical pedition in 1824 and his fourth in 1826, and returned to London unused. It was there-show that all is well with the diet. For after kept in honourable retirement in the their production it is essential to have food Royal United Services Institution. rich in the mineral salts calcium and In the cause of science and because the phosphorus, these being necessary for the condition of tinned foods after 114 years is manufacture of hard enamel and to ensure of considerable practical interest, the large, even teeth. museum authorities gave permission for the 6 tin*to be opened and its contents examined. Not Luck But Milk In passing one may say that the meat was in perfect condition and the larger provided, along with the essential vitamins, Calcium and phosphorus are most readily pieces looked quite like recently cooked veal The most surprising result of the in the form of milk. opening of the tin, however, was that it was There is indeed no substitute for milk as found upon analysis that the 114-year-old a food for young children and it is reassure veal fat had still 60 per cent as much ing to know that its pasteurization makes vitamin D (the vitamin which prevents little appreciable difference to its cream rickets) as fresh veal fat! content—pasteurized milk i 3.54 per cent of cream against 3.77 per cent for non-pasteurized.
Where Brains Come In Vitamins A and D are found ix" milk.
All artificially fed babies (which means Vitamin A is concerned with the growth of the body—lack of it leading to general babies that are not breast-fed) should have a little uncooked fruit juice daily, prefer-debility. Vitamin D performs essential ably the juice of an orange or a lemon. functions in the formation and growth of This is to supply vitamin C which is special-bones and teeth—children develop rickets ly concerned in the prevention of scurvy. when this vitamin is deficient in their food.
This vitamin is the least stable of all the Both vitamins A and D are unhurt by heat. known vitamins and is easily destroyed by It can be seen, therefore, that the heat and alkalies, i. e. soda, etc. It is Pasteurization of milk makes only the important for mothers to note that cooking ritest alteration in its content while the vegetables with the addition of soda to pret gained from its immunity from serve the colour destroys vitamin C. The infection is incomparable. In Britain the same is true when citrate of soda is used movement for compulsory pasteurization of in milk with a view to splitting up the all milk grows steadily. The grading of milk, with which have long been surds. Vitamin C is also very susceptible o air. familiar in Shanghai, is also making This small quantity of uncooked fruit striking headway. The latest report of the juice which should be given to babies does Milk Marketing Board shows that 42 per not act as an aperient. From the age of cent of Britain's 1,080,171,790 gallons of one month. a teaspoonful may be given daily milk are now graded according to quality. in.a little water, and gradually increased to four teaspoonful No sugar need be Shanghai Is Milk-Fortunate added unless the fruit is very sharp.
Fruit juice should be given between Shanghai's quality dairies have, in fact, little if anything at all to learn in the feeds, never with, or just before, a milk ce production of pure milk. In quality of Mothers are well instructed people milk, cleanliness and up-to-the-minute nowadays and it won't be necessary to re-machinery (giving an untouched-by-hand mind them that feeds should be timed by product from cow to consumer) they are the clock and the baby wakened if neces-equal to the best. This is something on sary when a feed is due. But it may be which to congratulate ourselves for, on the useful to say that a bottle-fed baby should authority of the British Minister of Agri-always be held in the arms while being fed culture himself in a message to British and should be petted and cared for just milk producers, we are told that "Milk as if he were at the breast. In this way production goes hand in hand with the he will take the bottle feed more readily physical and mental well being of the and enjoy it much more than if it were people, so that, to a great extent, the health just stuck in his mouth as he lies in his cot. For digestive reasons babies should not be allowed to take longer than 20 minutes over the feed at any age. If longer time is taken it may be the fault of the teat. 2 Mechanics Of A Baby health) without the beneficent The choice of a teat is very important. action of sunlight. The system cannot The natural action of a feeding baby is a properly absorb calcium without the pushing and munching action. In the interaction of vitamin D, the "sunshine" artificial feeding of babies the course un-vitamin. fortunately frequently adopted is to allow Vitamin D can be manufactured and the baby to suck at a teat. This method stored in the body if the sun gets to it: does not assist normal jaw development. hence the great importance of allowing the The dental arches become narrowed, caus-ultraviolet rays to reach the skin whenever ing a tendency to enlarged tonsils, adenoids ible. We may find in Shanghai sun-and protruding teeth. There are, however, t, properly made use of, the make-scientifically designed teats which demand t necessary to bring our diet com-the same action and effort on the part of pletely up to "Home" standards. the baby to obtain his food from the bottle ope 8 that he would be compelled to use if breast-Vitamins Can Take It fed. It is the duty of every mother to provide her baby with one of these teats.
The importance of breast-feeding for the When a baby cries it is a sign something very young baby cannot be over-estimated is wrong, and as babies lead very simple and is so well understood that it is only lives there are not very many things that can 4993444499349 99449444949 44449 3444949999 9494499994 949999999 9999*999944999499999999999 for unavoidable reasons that it is ever be wrong so that the search for it need not abandoned and it is then that recourse is be a long one. had to the various brands of scientifically A very young baby cries for physical altered cow's milk adapted to a baby's reasons only. It is practically certain that digestion. alld he cannot think. Babies need cry very Provided that a careful choice is made little. If they are well fed, clad, washed of a first-class food there need be no fear and dried and left to enjoy the fruits of that a baby will be at any disadvantage these in peace, they will generaly give through having been "artificially fed," The peace in return.
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