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 found necessary for a satisfactory solution of the problem presented.

In the infant, when hunger returns after the fast, the strained juice of stewed ripe tomatoes or of boiled carrots, both unseasoned, is most suitable preparatory food. To the carrots may gradually be added in small quantity top-milk and honey, but these should never be combined with tomatoes or with acid fruits. This regimen should be continued, varying the vegetables from which the broths are made and increasing their quantity as digestion advances, until the final teeth have been cut, and solids may be handled.

In late popular discussions of the treatment of disease by fasting and its accessories, patients have been advised to break the fast upon large quantities of cow's milk. From a chemical standpoint the milk of the cow contains all the nutritive compounds required by a growing animal, and contains them in the proportions of a correct scientific dietary. It does not, however, fulfil the conditions of a typical and model food when considered as sustenance for man. The chemical composition of milk renders it a most suitable soil for the cultivation of bacteria, and, even