Look well to the purity of the well water and ascertain that no drain either enters, percolates, or contaminates it in any way whatever. If it should do so, disease, such as cholera, diarrhea, dysentery, diphtheria, scarlet fever or gastric fever, will, as a matter of course, ensue. If there is the slightest danger or risk of drain contamination, whenever it is prac- ticable, let the drain be taken up and examined, and the defect carefully rectified. When It is Impracticable to have the drain taken up and exam- ined, then always boil the water before using. The boiling of water, as experience teaches, has the power either of destroying or making innocu- ous the specific organic faecal life poison, which propagates in drain con- tamination the diseases above enumerated. The water from the drive well is far superior to water from the old pump well; the water from the former is always pure, while from the latter it is usually most impure. INFANTS m HOW AND WHAT TO FEED THEM. IF IT is ascertained, past all doubt, that a mother cannot nurse her child, then a healthy wet nurse should be procured, as the food which nature has supplied is superior to any invented by art. Never bring up a baby, if you can possibly avoid it, on artificial food. It is impossible to imitate, perfectly, the admirable and subtle chemistry of nature. The law of nature is, that a babe, for the first few months of his existence, shall be brought up by the breast; and Nature's law.cannot be broken with impunity. In selecting a wet nurse, I would inquire particularly into the state of her health; whether she is of a healthy family, of consump- tive habits, or if she or any of her family have the scrofula, ascertaining if there are any seams or swellings about her neck; any eruptions or blotches upon her skin; if she has a plentiful breast of milk, and is of good quality; if she has good nipples, sufficiently long for the baby to hold, that they are not sore; and if her own child is of the same or nearly of the same age as the one you wish her to nurse. ARTIFICIAL niLK. There are cases where people object to a wet nurse and then fre- quently, too, none can be found. In that event the best food must be resorted to that can be found. Reason, as well as experience, abundantly proves that the object to be aimed at in hand-feeding is to imitate as nearly as possible the food which nature supplies for the new-born child, and therefore the obvious course is to use milk from some animal, so treated as to make it resemble human milk as nearly as it may be The following rule is considered about the best; Fresh milk from one cow; Warm water, of each one-quarter of a pmt Sugar-of-milk, one teaspoonful✪ Artificial Milk. The sugar-of-milk should first be dissolved m the warm water and then the fresh milk unboiled should be mixed with it. The sweetening of the above food with sugar-of-milk, instead of with lump sugar makes the food more resemble the mother's own milk 519 520 mPANTS-'HOW AND WHAT TO FEED THEM. Never give the child the white rubber nipple nursing bottle, since il contains in its composition the carbonate of lead, which is a slow poison. Black rubber is not objectionable.

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Look well to the purity of the well water and ascertain that no drain either enters, percolates, or contaminates it in any way whatever. If it should do so, disease, such as cholera, diarrhea, dysentery, diphtheria, scarlet fever or gastric fever, will, as a matter of course, ensue. If there is the slightest danger or risk of drain contamination, whenever it is practicable, let the drain be taken up and examined, and the defect carefully rectified. When it is impracticable to have the drain taken up and examined, then always boil the water before using. The boiling of water, as experience teaches, has the power either of destroying or making innocuous the specific organic faecal life poison, which propagates in drain contamination the diseases above enumerated. The water from the drive well is far superior to water from the old pump well; the water from the former is always pure, while from the latter it is usually most impure. INFANTS HOW AND WHAT TO FEED THEM. IF IT is ascertained, past all doubt, that a mother cannot nurse her child, then a healthy wet nurse should be procured, as the food which nature has supplied is superior to any invented by art. Never bring up a baby, if you can possibly avoid it, on artificial food. It is impossible to imitate, perfectly, the admirable and subtle chemistry of nature. The law of nature is, that a babe, for the first few months of his existence, shall be brought up by the breast; and Nature's law.cannot be broken with impunity. In selecting a wet nurse, I would inquire particularly into the state of her health; whether she is of a healthy family, of consumptive habits, or if she or any of her family have the scrofula, ascertaining if there are any seams or swellings about her neck; any eruptions or blotches upon her skin; if she has a plentiful breast of milk, and is of good quality; if she has good nipples, sufficiently long for the baby to hold, that they are not sore; and if her own child is of the same or nearly of the same age as the one you wish her to nurse. ARTIFICIAL MILK. There are cases where people object to a wet nurse and then frequently, too, none can be found. In that event the best food must be resorted to that can be found. Reason, as well as experience, abundantly proves that the object to be aimed at in hand-feeding is to imitate as nearly as possible the food which nature supplies for the new-born child, and therefore the obvious course is to use milk from some animal, so treated as to make it resemble human milk as nearly as it may be The following rule is considered about the best; Fresh milk from one cow; Warm water, of each one-quarter of a pint Sugar-of-milk, one teaspoonful. The sugar-of-milk should first be dissolved m the warm water and then the fresh milk unboiled should be mixed with it. The sweetening of the above food with sugar-of-milk, instead of with lump sugar makes the food more resemble the mother's own milk 520 INFANTS-HOW AND WHAT TO FEED THEM. Never give the child the white rubber nipple nursing bottle, since il contains in its composition the carbonate of lead, which is a slow poison. Black rubber is not objectionable.

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