L Emmett Holt, M.D., LL.D.
Professor of Diseases of Children in the College of Physicians and Surgeons (Columbia University)
Attending Physician to the Babies’ Hospital and the Foundling Hospital, New York
Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged
New York and London — D. Appleton and Company
1907
Copyright, 1894, 1897, 1903, 1906 By D. Appleton and Company
II. INFANT FEEDING
Nursing
Weaning
Artificial Feeding
Selection and Care of Milk Used for Infant Feeding
Modification of Cow’s Milk
Food for Healthy Infants—The Early Months
Food for Healthy Infants—The Later Months
General Rules for Guidance in the Use of the Formulas Given
Addition of Other Foods to Milk
Overfeeding
Loss of Appetite
Changes in Food Required by Special Symptoms or Conditions
Common Mistakes in Milk Modification and Infant Feeding
Preparation of Cow’s Milk at Home
Directions for Feeding Infants
Intervals of Feeding
Regularity in Feeding
Sterilized Milk
Modified Milk of the Milk Laboratories
Peptonized Milk
Feeding During the Second Year
Feeding During the Third Year
III. THE DIET OF OLDER CHILDREN
Milk and Cream
Eggs
Meats and Fish
Vegetables
Cereals
Broths and Soups
Bread, Crackers, and Cakes
Desserts
Fruits
Indigestion in Older Children
General Rules to be Observed in Feeding
Food Formulas
IV. MISCELLANEOUS
Bowels
Sleep
Exercise
Cry
Lifting Children
Temperature
Nervousness
Toys
Kissing
Convulsions
Foreign Bodies
Colic
Earache
Croup
Contagious Diseases
Scurvy
Constipation
Diarrhoea
Bad Habits
Vaccination
Weight Charts