Pediatry
Many parents are bewildered by the
responsibilities implied in the arrival of a new baby. They feel that they have
before them a highly scientific task with 
which they, in their ignorance, will
be unable to cope. This attitude is erroneous and should be discarded. These
are facts about child care that should be known, but if parents use common
sense and really fond of their child they will not make serious mistakes.
At one time, pediatricians had their
information neatly pocketed in concise crisp form and parents were told exactly
what to do for their babies in each situation. More recently, however,
pediatricians have discovered that babies cannot be treated in this rigid
fashion. Just as babies are different from one another in size, color and other
characteristics, so are they different from one another in their likes and
dislikes, in their feelings and sleep habits, in their ways of growing, in
their dispositions.
The first modern hospital for
children was the Hospital des Enfants Malades, on
Cancellation of centenary of
Perforation error
Milk is opaque whitish or yellowish
liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for their nourishment
of the 
young. Normal milk does not appear
until several days after the 
birth of the young. The viscid fluid
that is secreted from the time of birth until the appearance of normal milk is
known as colostrum. Milk consists of globules of butterfat suspended in a
solution containing milk sugar (lactose), proteins (mostly casein), and salts
of calcium, phosphorus, chlorine, sodium, potassium and sulphur. It is
deficient, however, in dietary iron and is an inadequate source of vitamin C.
Water constitutes 80 to 90% of whole milk. Fresh milk has a pleasant odor and a
sweet taste. The globules of fat have a lower relative density than the milk in
solution, and consequently rise to the top.
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