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IVAN C. HALL, Ph.D.; ELIZABETH O'TOOLE

Am J Dis Child. 1934;47(6):1279-1285.

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The main facts concerning the acquisition and character of the bacteria which are harbored in the human intestinal tract have been established and are documented in the work of Woodward,¹ Escherich,² Schild,³ Szego,⁴ Tissier,⁵ Herter⁶ Mannaberg,⁷ Logan,⁸ Kendall,⁹ Rettger and Cheplin,¹⁰ van der Reis¹¹ and others.

We know that the meconium is generally sterile at birth, that various bacteria appear in it within the first twenty-four hours of life, that the flora of the first three or four days is complex, that simplification accompanies the establishment of normal lactation and nursing and the appearance of the characteristic milk stool, and continues as long as the nursing baby is in good health, that diversification in the flora accompanies intestinal disturbances during the nursing period and normally follows weaning and the substitution of a more varied diet, and that even in . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
DENVER

From the Department of Bacteriology and Public Health, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Hospitals.

Footnotes
This research was supported in part by grants from the Child Research Council of Denver and the Commonwealth Fund of New York.

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