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Show HEALTH I BY UNCLE SAM, M. D. Health Questions Will Be An-svycred An-svycred If Sent to Information Bureau, U. S. Public Health Service, Serv-ice, Washington, D. C. 4 . BY UNCLE SAM, M. D. (U. S. Public Health Servlqe.) If experiments now being conducted by the United States public health service ser-vice provo successful it may soon be possible to furnish the purest American Ameri-can milk to babies throughout the world and save hundreds of thousands of lives annually. In most of the tropical countries thero is no cow's milk, tho recognized standard for bottle-fed babies. Even in certain parts of the United States there Is no cow's milk, or the quality is so poor that it is harmful rather than helpful. - In co-operation with the Boston Baby Hygiene association, the Department of Pediatrics of Massachusetts general hospital arid Prof. M. j. Rosenau, nead of the School of Preventive Medicine, Harvard university, tho public health service has pretty clearly demonstrated demonstrat-ed the usability of dried milk, to which certain butter fats arc added. For several months this kind of milk has been fed to bottle-fed babies, all under 6 months old, and the most careful observation mado of tho result re-sult Almost without exception it has helped the babies. In recent years the process of drying dry-ing and reconstructing the milk has undergone many changes until it Is now possible to build a milk from the dry powder that, for practically all purposes, pur-poses, is the equal of the milk from tne finest American dairies. It has the added avan .ge, moreover, of being extremely low In bacteria count, due to the drying process, and tho addition of butter fat may be regulated regu-lated to suit the needs of the Individual baby, or grown person. These experiments are of particular value for another reason. Practically every dairy has a certain amount of milk, often a large quantity, quan-tity, which is wasted. This waste may now be turned into a profit by making the dry milk powder, pow-der, which may be kept fo ra long period and marketed anywhere in the world. |