The good use of Morrhenia and cow's milk in newborns

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The mother who cares about having milk, should above all institute a diet of semi-liquid soups with milk or with good broth, strong, substantial, degreased, to prepare with rice, tapioca from thick India, farinha Suruy, oats, semolina, meat juice, grated cookie, toasted bread, etc., or well boiled milk with all the same flours indicated, to take a good portion every three or four hours.

In the event that the milk is not abundant, you will take Morrhenia Misionera (Tasis) cooking, or the fluid extract of the same plant, which can be added without any inconvenience to any kind of beer, to amend its taste, which is somewhat bitter. (Sold in all good pharmacies).

Mothers who take care of their children should eat outside the family table, because it is convenient for them to eat special foods without temptation; they cannot eat fresh fruits, vegetables, or fresh vegetables, or raw vegetables; they should not eat meat, or fat, or butter or anything containing it.

Convinced that in spite of all this, the mother does not see the results of her sacrifices, that her milk is not composed or that it is insufficient, then a mistress will be sought to substitute it and adequate to the age of the child for the time of the milk, properly analyzed, on the condition that it has a good character; that does not have menstruation and is of black hair (because the blondes, in general, psychologically, are weak), trying that it lives near the child, feeding itself as it has been indicated before, and it is very good practice that it clean, clean and fix the clothes of the child.

If it is not possible to get an adequate mistress, the most rational resolution should be taken, which is, in my opinion, the one that consists of giving the child cow's milk, keeping the following precautions:

The whole secret consists in the scrupulous cleaning of everything that the tools need to be used, not trusting anyone who can be neglected at any time, what the child must pay with his health ...

The milk should be of good origin (it should not be from the milkmen, because the trade does not allow them to deceive); nor should it be from a cow alone, because it will have too much fat, or it can get sick and everything affects the child; it should not be the sterilized one, because it is not fresh; it is better pasteurized that some companies serve, because there is the certainty that this type is uniform.

The milk must be kept in a fresh place and must be boiled and well boiled each time the food is prepared for the child. It is called well boiled the operation of putting it on direct fire in a good pot and when it boils, remove it so that it does not spill; repeat this operation three times in succession, with the amount of milk that the child is going to drink, joined to the rice water in the proportion of eight tablespoons of milk to four tablespoons of water, or substance of rice, which is not thick. (Cooked rice, not toasted).

Just enough unrefined sugar is added; it is strained and once it is warm, it is given to the child in a bottle (refined sugar has very harmful chemicals).

To begin with this feeding, when the child is less than two months old, it is convenient to start by giving him equal parts of milk and rice water and each week a spoonful of milk will be increased until obtaining the said ratio of 8 to 4, which will be maintained until three months have passed. At the fourth month, each week a spoonful of rice water is removed, until it is completely removed as time passes, as long as nothing yields, nor hinders the upward march, weighing the child every eight days, keeping records of this operation, but the weight corresponds (in good health) to 460 grams per centimeter of height; more or less, is obesity or rickets. The distance from one bottle to another depends on the child, his condition, as well as his demands; the best time is from three to three and a half hours; but it can wait up to four hours if the person concerned does not show a need crying and his condition allows it.