The value of fruit juices in infant feeding / by George Dow Scott.

  • Scott, George Dow, 1871-
Date:
1910
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Credit: The value of fruit juices in infant feeding / by George Dow Scott. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    one-half dram juice and one-half dram boiled water, plus cane sugar, once a day, one-half to one hour after milk feeding, grad- ually using the plain pure juice once, then twice, then three times or more daily without water, but with the addition of cane sugar. In the country where oranges and pineapples are few the crushed fruit juice of the sweet grape, the juice of blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, and ripe raw pears without their cores and pressed through two layers of clean muslin cloth serve their purpose well. The use of the fruit juices can be pushed according to the de- sire, the stools of the infant, the amount of urine excreted, and according to the general condition of the infant; and long after the infant is well the juices can be continued as an efficient mild tonic. Drugs and medicines, as I have mentioned before, are almost always borne poorly. Efficient as these juices are to the nursing, they are even more valuable to the bottle-fed infant. Malnour- ished infants suffering from acute, subacute, autointoxic affec- tions, intestinal disorders and from stomach and intestinal fer- mentation, from loss of weight, from dietetic eczemas and consti- pation are brought back, with the aid of these juices and a proper modification of milk, to health. Many cases diagnosed marasmus, really extreme malnutrition, with faulty digestion and weakened assimilation, as seen in cases of rickets, scurvy and rheumatism, can be brought back to the nor- mal or near-normal unless there is some underlying cause, such as inherited sj^philis, tuberculosis, or the effects of chronic alcoholism in the parents, with the aid of these juices. In infants suffering and convalescing from broncho-pneumonia, lobar pneumonia, intestinal diseases, influenza, measles, pertussis, scarlet fever, simple anemia, simple catarrhal jaundice, etc., fruit juices are well borne, and they favor digestive assimilation of foods, the diuretic action of the kidneys and the cleansing of the enteric tract. For the same reason they are useful in sj’-phllis, peritonitis, ap- pendicitis, bronchitis, acetonuria, diphtheria, typhoid, auto-intox- ications, etc., while primarily they show a decided action in flush- ing the kidney and the urinary tract as well as possibly diluting the toxins which pass out by way of the kidney. This direct ac- tion can be understood in pyuria, anuria, hematuria, acute ne- phritis, pvelitis, cvstltis, and passing albuminurias. It is with the hope that more may be learned of these juices, their chemistry, their specific uses, their indications and their contra-indications that I bring my results and conclusions before vou. Ill W. 77th Street.