No harm and a great deal of good may come when an infant is nursed part of the time and the bottle used once or twice a day to help out. Sometimes, although a mother has a good quality of milk, it is insufficient for the full development of the child, yet even a small quantity of breast milk is a great help to the infant. The better way is to reserve the bottle for the night feeding. If it must be used twice a day, better give it at the period nearest noon, and again when the child goes to bed.

When it is impossible to give the hand-fed baby modified milk, use good unsweetened condensed milk or Eskay's food. The writer has had excellent results with the latter food. When traveling and in the tropics, Eskay's food is especially to be recommended. If cream cannot be obtained, use ten drops of olive oil at each feeding.

Babies fed on artificial foods are apt to have rough and slightly scaly skin. Correct this by giving two table-spoonfuls of orange juice every morning, an hour before feeding or between feedings.

Meiggs' food will be found beneficial in cases of intestinal troubles.

German flour gruel, farina, arrowroot, cornstarch and cornmeal gruel, thoroughly cooked and strained, with milk added, may be used for infants with teeth.

Excellent results, especially in warm countries, may be obtained from exclusive diet of plantain pap.