Use of fresh cow's milk in infant feeding

Abstract

As a substitute for breast feeding, cow's milk is the best food that has yet been found, from the point of view of economy and adaptability.

For infant feeding, definite standards in the composition and in the cleanliness of production are essential.

Fresh cow’s milk, even whole, is perfectly digestible by the normal infant, even under three months old; but in certain cases of impaired or feeble digestion some sort of modification is necessary.

An exact way of "humanizing" cow’s milk has not yet been devised; but good results are found from many modifications, viz. boiling, citrating, diluting and acidifying.