eeks if
necessary. When the gas is located in the intestines and is not brought
up, it must be made to pass downward. Attention to the bowels is of
great importance in these cases and it may be necessary to peptonize the
milk for some time. A reduction of the sugar and starch in the feeding
frequently cures this condition. (See "Colic.")

There are children who continue to have symptoms of indigestion and who
do not thrive despite various changes in the quantity and quality of the
feedings. It may be necessary to obtain a wet nurse for them, as it is
with "the delicate child." If a wet nurse cannot be obtained, or if the
age will permit, a substitute may be tried. Borden's Eagle brand of
condensed milk, canned, is probably the best substitute under these
circumstances. Condensed milk should never be used as a continuous food;
as a substitute, however, for a few weeks it is often invaluable. With
an infant of three or four months it should be used at the beginning in
the proportion of one ounce of the milk to sixteen ounces of plain
boiled water or barley water. The proper quantity, whatever the child is
taking (four or six ounces according to the age) at the time, can be
taken from the sixteen ounces and fed to the child. As the symptoms
improve the milk should be diluted less and less, 1 to 14, 1 to 10, and
so on until the proper strength is reached. After the child has been on
the condensed milk for a month it should be changed back to cow's milk,
using of course a diluted formula until the child becomes accustomed to
the change. Condensed milk, if used as a permanent food, will fatten
babies, but their vitality is very deficient, the muscles flabby, and
the resistance to disease exceedingly poor. They are apt to develop
rickets and sometimes scurvy.

REGULARITY OF FEEDING.--One of the very first, and one of the most
important factors in contributing to the good health and the comfort of
a baby is absolute regularity in feeding. A regular interval of feeding
is particularly essential during the first month of a baby's life.

Despite the explicit way in which young mothers are instructed in this
respect, it is one of the disappointing incidents of the practice of
medicine to observe how many of these mothers fail to heed the advice.
We have personally tried to find an explanation for this astonishing
carelessness, and have come to the conclusion that it is not due to
intentional forgetfulness, but rather to an inexpl