, where it is desired
to have the milk only partially peptonized, the ferment should be
destroyed by boiling after it has been allowed to act for from ten to
twenty minutes.

_Feeding after the First Year._--As the infant is weaned other food
should be gradually added; this should still consist largely of milk, to
which some time later may be added gruels prepared from well-cooked oats
or barley, beef-juice, or the white of an egg slightly cooked. The
various broths may also be allowed. Children relish very much all
fruit-juices, and they may be given in moderation without harm, and even
with benefit in many cases. As the child grows older, the various cereals
should form a greater and greater proportion of its diet, but due care
should be exercised in always seeing to it that they are thoroughly
cooked; in order to be digestible for children such substances should be
cooked at least three or four hours before eaten.

_General Hygiene of Infant Life._--In order for children to be healthy,
the greatest regularity is necessary in their habits. They should arise
at a certain hour in the morning and go to bed at a fixed time at night.
Their clothing should be loose, and not too tight fitting, and should at
all times correspond to the state of the weather. Nothing is more common,
and nothing produces irritability, loss of sleep, and even serious
general disturbances in infants, more frequently than too much clothing.
It is generally customary to use from the time of birth and during the
period of infancy a flannel band around the child's abdomen. Just how
this acts is not clear, but there seems good reason for the belief that
in some unexplained way the practice has the effect of warding off
intestinal disturbances, and is, therefore, to be recommended.

Napkins should be changed when soiled, and then should be immediately
placed in water, in which they should remain until washed out; under no
circumstances should they be left lying around the nursery.

When the weather permits, the child should be kept as much out-of-doors
as is possible. For the first few days of the infant's life, particularly
if the weather be cool, it should, of course, be kept indoors, but even
then free access of air should be allowed. There is no objection whatever
to the infant sleeping out-of-doors--in fact, where this is feasible, it
generally shows improvement as soon as the practice is commenced. When
out-of-doors, it is of course necessary t