artificial feeding.

RICE, WHEAT, OR OAT WATER.--These are made from the rice, wheat, or oat
flour in the same way as barley water described above. They may be made
from the grains also, using the same proportions as in the making of
barley water.

IMPERIAL GRANUM.--This is prepared in the same way as the barley flour
above described.

ALBUMEN WATER.--Take half a pint of cold water, the white of one fresh
egg, a pinch of salt, and a teaspoonful of brandy, shake and feed from a
spoon or from a bottle. This is frequently used in cases of vomiting, or
in irritable stomachs. It is often retained when all other food is
rejected.

DRIED BREAD.--Cut either stale or fresh bread into thin slices and place
in the open oven. When it is dried and crisp but not browned it may be
given to children in preference to crackers.

CODDLED EGG.--A fresh egg with the shell intact is placed in boiling
water which is immediately removed from the fire. The egg is allowed to
remain in the water for eight minutes when it is ready for use. The
white only should be used if the digestion is poor.

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING

CHAPTER XIX

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING

Elementary Principles of Milk Modification--The Secret of the
Efficiency of Mother's 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.

ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF MILK MODIFICATION.--Mothers who have to raise
their children on artificial food should understand the elementary
principles of milk modification. They should know, for example, that the
one object of milk modification is to render it as nearly an exact
substitute for mother's milk, according to the age of the child, as is
possible. If we could do this with scientific exactness, artificial
feeding would be a simple process. We cannot, however; nor has there
ever been devised a method by which we may hope successfully to
duplicate mother's milk. It is a comparatively simple matter for the
efficient chemist to ana