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Show HEALTH BV UNCLE SAM, M. D. Health Questions Will Be Answered An-swered If Sent to Information Bureau, U S. Public Health Sorv Ice, Washington, D. C. A Send Vour Quesllous to Information Bureau, i nit d 6 lies Publli Heal) b Service, Washington D t . a caning the 15a i A baby should not be fed at the breast after one year. At that acre be needs a more solid food to make him grow strong. baby should be weaned gradually, gradual-ly, and the milk at firM should be only half the strength of the formula formu-la used for a normal child of the sam-' age. Then tho milk should bo gradually grad-ually Increased In strength W eaning may usually begin at abo.il the ninth month, by giving baby one feeding of cow s mllU, usin two parts milk to one part water. If he digests this well, the amount of water can be decreased gradually until at 1" or 11 months he may be taking whole milk The number of milk feedings can b ! slowly increased as the breast feedings are decreased, until at one year of age the baby is weaned entirely A baby j weaned at nine or ten months may be taught to take milk from a cup. Increase in ti'1 baby's diet must bH made with caution, especially during th- summer It is better to keep the baby on a low diet than to upset his digestion by oxer Teedlne. A baby one Mar of age in July should not be weaned during the hot months if he is doing well. Infants should be weaned when the mothers are suffering from a disease which they might transmit to the child, such as typhoid fc er and tuberculosis, tuber-culosis, or If the mother is sulfering from some disease which might be aggravated ag-gravated by nursing, such as Bright s disease, tuberculosis and acute pneumonia pneu-monia The infant should likewise be weaned if the mother becomes pregnant, preg-nant, or If she is suffering from inflammation in-flammation of the breast VVrinkli s. J. 1 am only 2": year- old, and have wrinkles in my cheeks. I have tried the best eream to remove tin m but 1 can't What shall I do " Can you give the address of a doctor who can help me A. The application of creams will probably not help your wrinkles, though facial massage and the application appli-cation of hot and c old watt r alternately, alternate-ly, supplanted bj brisk rubbing with 0 towel, may improve the general tone of the parts, if you arc otherwise well you will do well to forget your wrinkles. A smiling, cheerful countenance counte-nance is an effective antidote. During a recent morning fog about L'OO tons of Ild matter was deposited on London. i |