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>illen denies it. We can modify the colour of the milk by mixingsaf fr<>n or madder with the food; the odour may be affected by variousj^ciferous and alliaceous plants; the taste may be altered by the use ol; lt n ters , as wormwood; and lastly, the medicinal effect may also be
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nee of mercury, or purged by the exhibition of drastics, or narcotisedfa Ul ilj e a( lministration of opiates to the nurse. These facts are soIt i s ar 5° every one, that further evidence of them is scarcely requisite.^co"” 1 ' 10118 ’ however, that Simon ( Journ. de Pharm. xxv. 354.) failed toUr ine S ? var i° us salts in the milk, which were found abundantly in the^ en tal emotions also affect the quality of the milk. I have fre-s h(lde^ seen _the bowels of the child disordered in consequence of somedi Se 11 ei notion on the part of the mother. It is also not improbable thatLab;i] .nnnditions of the parent may render the milk unhealthy.aff e( .t ‘I 1 .re {Diet. Mat. Med. iv. 23.) states that the milk of a cow,tinies ^ a kind of tuberculous phthisis ( pommeliere ) contained sevenl'r e(l f lnoru phosphate of lime than usual. Dupuy, (quoted by Andral,sp ea ]/ ° n Pathol. Anat.; by Townshend and West, vol. i. p. 675) alsohi °‘ the large quantity of calcareous matter in the milk of cows,0th er ° Se lun gs abundant deposits of the same substance were found.J{ °ljioi,T rbicl chan S es in the milk have been observed by Donne,ar t f a j 6t ’ an( f Lassaigne, and have been already alluded to. Now thesedi$e as , * ^ le greatest moment, not only in reference to the frequency ofTriijp f ln . c ows, and, therefore, to the possible morbific character of theirhuiu’ Ut U * s °f considerable importance in reference to the milk of the*' subject. I think, with this statement before us, it is highly improper
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su ckle a female with any trace or suspicion of tuberculous disease to^ilk, „ ^ ot t ^ lat a few grains, more or less, of phosphate of lime in thetis f ; tbli s u ri 1 P r °ba,'bly do any injury to the child, but the fact onceed » that the milk may be thus altered by disease, leads to the
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Wiy s i Ca i n some other substances not yet recognised by tlieir
a |Ul ■ | Jr chemical characters, may be in the milk of diseased nurses,Mein., , lc 1 may have an injurious influence on the child; and the sus-
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othpj 1 , ( ^° es not confine itself to those affected with tuberculous diseases.tilt er , lere ditary or constitutional affections may also be attende w 1 1ia 0l) e , conditions of the milk. This suspicion is strengthened by the comA , ervati °n that the milk of any nurses will not equally suit chi t ren.a.iw * . Cflnte healthy, and in good condition, will sometimes, \\i iouc °ndif- ent disease, fall off, and get into what is commonly called a aca n apparently from a change of the nurse. I am aware that we
Tlie a ^ways refer this to any positively hurtful matter in the mit>u fSf>? Uan ^ t I r °f nutritive matter in the same quantity of milk o wot. i v ’ may be very different: according to Payen {Journ. de Llnm. i e ■.Mth ^8), milk with too much nutritive matter in it may isagree
’Hill. child. Another point worthy of attention is the quan i y o>tn Je ^’ el< fcd in a given time. Payen says it varies in different women ast] s as f^nin one to ten and a half. . . ... ,
Cttii)! . s '~j~;We take advantage of the nutritive qualities of milx, anc^cduc' su f >s ' ,allce cither as an article of diet or as a ready means o
a large quantity of nourishment into the system in a shorte *cell „ U . ne ' f 1 ° r example, after violent uterine haemorrhage milk is
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cut restorative. A milk diet has been strongly recommended in