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R. C. NORTON, M.D.; A. T. SHOHL, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1926;32(2):183-191.

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The present work was undertaken to determine the P_H of the meconium, as compared with that of the stools of normal breast-fed infants; to follow the transition, in case of any significant difference, from the P_H of the meconium to the P_H of the stools after breast milk feeding, and to see whether, under similar conditions, large or slight variations occur in the P_H. An attempt has been made to show the significance of meconium to the metabolism of the new-born infant.

For a long time, it was customary to observe simply whether the stools were acid or alkaline to litmus and other indicators. Breast milk feeding gave acid stools; cow's milk modifications resulted in alkaline stools. Langstein¹ determined the acidity of a number of infants' stools in terms of normal acid or base required for neutralization. The results varied with the indicators used. Titration . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW HAVEN

From the Department of Pediatrics, Yale University.

Footnotes
Received for publication, Jan. 22, 1926.

Presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for M.D. degree, Yale University, July 1925, by R. C. Norton.

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