Chapter 9

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING

Elementary principles of milk modification--The secret of the efficiency of mothers' milk--Two important factors in successful artificial feeding--Every child is a problem in itself--Proprietary foods of little value as infant foods--Their value is in the milk added to them--The credit belongs to the cow--Difference between human and cow's milk--What "top-milk" feeding means--Utensils necessary for home modification of milk--Artificial feeding from birth to the twelfth month--How to measure "top-milk"--Easy bottle-feeding method--Condensed milk feeding--Objections to condensed milk feeding ... PAGE 249