No artificial food, nor the milk of any other animal, is equal to a mother's milk. Usually the milk of the cow is given as a substitute for mother's milk. It takes the place of mother's milk fairly well, but it has its drawbacks, the chief one is that it curdles in heavy cheese-like masses, which lie heavy on the stomach, are long in digesting, and cause discomfort. The aim of the scientific and practical physician is to prevent this heavy curdling while allowing cow's milk to be taken.
Some Doctors Advise lime water to be added to the milk; this causes the milk to curdle in flakes, but it hinders digestion, gives rise to constipation, and may lead to stone in the bladder. Some advise barley, wheat, oatmeal or rice Water, etc., to be added to the cow's milk. These often answer the purpose, but they have their drawbacks. They all are a trouble to make; barley and rice water are constipating, and oatmeal water is heating.
Knowing these Drawbacks I invented Natural Food. This, when added to cow's milk, will prevent it curdling in heavy masses, is easily prepared, and besides this, it contains all that the growing baby needs, and thus is a valuable addition to the milk; it nourishes all the organs but clogs none. Nine-tenths of the foods made for babies are made on wrong lines. They either contain too much sugar, or they are too starchy, or they are deficient in bone-forming materials, or in laxative principles, or else they contain injurious chemicals.
When Inventing Natural Food I tried to overcome every obstacle and make it the best Food for infants in the market; the success that has followed its use justifies me in saying that it is second to none. I am a practical physician, and it is my boast that I rarely lose a child in illness, and when babies are reared as I advise they are usually the admiration of all, and live to be a source of delight to their parents.
This is the Way to prepare the food for babies. One part of water is added to two parts of fresh milk, and to each half-pint of this mixture is added a fairly heaped-up teaspoonful of Natural Food; mix well, put on the fire, bring to the boil, and when cool the food is ready. All food
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should be given cool, or not warmer than the temperature of the human blood. In place of a thermometer, the tip of the little finger is a good tester; if the food does not feel hot to this test it will be of the right temperature. Sugar should not be added to the food, nor should tinned or condensed milk be ordinarily used. Only under exceptional circumstances should tinned milk be used, as on board ship, or when fresh milk cannot be had. Also quite as invaluable for nursing mothers and invalids.
Natural Food in tins, 3d., 6d., 1/-; 2/6, and 5/-of all Health Food Stores, Grocers, Chemists, etc.; or 1/-or 2/6 tin (containing 4 lbs. of Food) carriage paid from—
THE NATURAL CO., LTD. 210 Cambridge Road,
LONDON, E.