ABSTRACT
In addition to nutrition, milk has properties which no other food possesses. It is fluid when secreted, but when taken into the body it is changed from a liquid into a semi-solid substance under the action of the secretions of the stomach. A double function of nutrition is required, first, that of growth, and second that of maintainance or keeping the body in operation. After the nursing period is over, the hours and methods of feeding are very important for good nutrition, as well as the selection of proper food. Although the living entities may be present only in most minute traces, they are necessary factors in nutrition if health is to be preserved. After considering the time and manner of eating, all that remains is to be sure that a properly balanced diet containing all the necessary ingredients for growth and development is given the child.
