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Scientific experiments which have been conducted in the field of malnutrition and the experiences of well known authorities all demonstrate the value of condensed milk in the treatment of malnourished children.

The following statements and reports on the subject are offered as typical illustrations.

The experiences of the Near East Relief in restoring health and strength to the half starved people in famine stricken Europe is summed up in the following extract taken from a letter written by Dr. John Curran, Associate Director of the Near East Relief Committee.

“Our experience with 115,000 orphan children of the Near East shows that there is no more valuable food than condensed milk for restoring half starved children to health and strength. Our overseas workers report that they can not obtain enough of it, and from my personal experience it has been the means time and time again of actually saving children’s lives in the Near East.

“In the area where the Near East Relief is operated, milk producing animals are tubercular, and we cannot depend upon that source of milk supply. In a recent evacuation of refugees canned milk was of great help because of its concentrated food value. Many of the refugees were compelled to travel for days at a time with no other food to depend upon than a can of American Condensed Milk.”

Herbert Hoover had similar experiences when combating malnutrition with the 13,000,000 children in Belgium and other European countries. The results of these experiences can be fully understood from the following quotation from one of Mr. Hoover’s speeches.

“The feeding of tens of millions of French and Belgian people was the first attempt ever made anywhere, so far as I know,