On the principles and exact conditions to be observed in the artificial feeding of infants : the properties of artificial foods : and the diseases which arise from faults of diet in early life : a series of lectures delivered in the post graduate course at St. Mary's Hospital, and at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, 1887 / by W.B. Cheadle.

Date:
1892
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Credit: On the principles and exact conditions to be observed in the artificial feeding of infants : the properties of artificial foods : and the diseases which arise from faults of diet in early life : a series of lectures delivered in the post graduate course at St. Mary's Hospital, and at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, 1887 / by W.B. Cheadle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    INDEX ACI Acids, experiments with, on the coagulation of various milks, 54-58 Ansemia, causes of, 124, 159, 160; a constant feature of rickets and scurvy, 159 ; treat- ment, 160; remedies, 160, 161 Animal element, food must con- tain a due proportion of, 32, 38, 43 ; not contained in fari- naceous foods, 84, 88, 96 Anti-scorbutic element, essen- tial in artificial food, 25-27 ; exact nature of, not known, 25; deficient in farinaceous foods, 26, 96; probable na- ture of, 179 ; causes rapid recovery from scurvy, 182, 189, 193, 19s, 197 Arrowroot, almost pure starch, 106 ; totally inadequate as a food, 107 Artificial feeding of infants, exact conditions to be ob- served, 1-40 ; the necessity for, 2 ; practical importance ART of, 3 ; neglect of the subject in the medical schools, 4 ; ex- amples of common errors in, 5, 6 ; physiological facts in relation to, 6, 7 ; essential elements of food, 8-24 ; stan- dard proportion of the ele- ments, 25 ; quantity of food to be given, 27-30 ; value of a regular record of weight, 32 ; a vegetable diet insuffi- cient, 32, 33, 39, 43 ; neces- sity of absolute cleanliness, 38 ; perfectly safe with due care and knowledge, 45 Artificial food, conditions essen- tial to full nutrition, 6-27; necessity of material for re- pair and for structure of new parts, 7 ; the five essential con- stituents of, 8-16 ; must con- tain elements from each class, 9, 14, 15 ; nitrogenous ele- ments of first importance, lO ; effects of deficiency of nitro- gen, 10 ; deficiency of fat a cause of rickets, 12 ; special