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INFLUENCE ON GASTRO-INTESTINAL MOTILITY AND MINERAL RETENTION

FREDERIC W. SCHLUTZ, M.D.; MINERVA MORSE, PH.D.; HELEN OLDHAM, B.S.

Am J Dis Child. 1933;46(4):757-774.

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The addition of semisolid food, particularly in the form of cereal and vegetable, to the dietary of the young infant is now commonly and widely practiced. Some pediatricians advocate such additional feedings at very early ages of infancy. Such practice is probably in direct response to increased knowledge of the importance of accessory food factors and mineral constituents in the dietary of the growing organism. It is known that these constituents are widely represented in the vegetable kingdom and will supposedly supply these needed substances to the growing organism, provided it can digest and assimilate them.

Clinically, it seems possible to feed them to the infant without any apparent harm. In fact, quite to the contrary, the feeding of such additions in reasonable amount seems to influence growth and development most favorably. Just how this was brought about was, until recently, a problem quite unsolved, since comparatively little scientific investigation . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO

From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago.

Footnotes
Study made under grant from the Douglas Smith Foundation.

Read at the meeting of the American Pediatric Society, June, 1932.

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