[Letter from Howard Goodwin to Edith M. Bonnet, March 24, 1926] Page: 1 of 2
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Mellin's Food Company
Mellin's Food OF NORTH AMERICA .Mellin's Food
'or Infants and Invalids is favorably known
Originated by G.Mellin,l866 CABLE ADDRESS - MELLINFOOD - BOSTON throughoutthe world as
Codes Used:A-B-C-4th EditionWestern Union Telegraphic a scientific modifier of
Unio Teegrahicmilk for infant feeding
Franklin W. Doliber, 177 STATE STREET, m
,President & Oreasurer
BostonMass. March 24, 1926.
E. IT. Bonnet, P. D,.,
University of Texas,
Galveston, Tex.
Dear Doctor:-
As you are about to complete your studies and will soon take up the practice
of medicine, we believe you would like to be fully informed in regard to Mellin's
Food which is so highly regarded by physicians as a modifier of milk for infant
feeding. We are therefore enclosing some of our literature which gives the early
history of Mellin's Food; the materials from which our product is made; together
with suggestions relative to the use of Mellin's Food as an aid to the physician
in preparing a diet suitable for the artificially-fed baby. We would like to
have you read the two pamphlets first and then study the contents of our book,
"Formulas for Infant Feeding", suggesting that you open the book at pages 8 and
9, which will serve our purpose in explaining the general plan of this work.
You will note first on page 8 the age and weight of the baby, then the sug-
gested formula which is sufficient in amount for the full day's feeding, next the
amount to give and the intervals of feeding, and then the progressive changes to
make for a gradual up-building of the diet as the baby grows older, increases in
weight and demands more nourirshment. It would be difficult to advise a procedure
more simple than this, which is carried out in like manner on each succeeding
page, covering in all the first twelve ,-onths of infantile life. Neither science
nor accuracy, however, is sacrificed for simplicity, as will be seen by a study
of page 9 where every detail relative to the composition of the suggested modifi-
cation is set forth clearly. First, -te analysis including a separation of pro-
teins and of carbohydrates, then the 4rount in grams of each food element, the
Caloric value contributed by each element, Calories per fluidounce, total Calories
in the day's mixture and Calories per pound of body-weight, ending with protein
intake for every pound of body-weight. Every formula throughout the book is ac-
companied by this analytical work, thus furnishing an accurate basis for intelli-
gent use and offering opportunity for most careful checking of every detail that
applies to the feeding of infants deprived of breast milk.
We will not take your time now to do more than mention the special formulas
further along in the book and the helpful suggestions in relation to stools,
constipation, colic, .vomiting, diarrhea, marasmus and eczema.
The
Proportion of Yours very truly,
Maltose and Dextrins Mellin's Food Company.
Mellirs Food
is that best suited to the
Carbohydrate needs
of
the infantw
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Goodwin, Howard. [Letter from Howard Goodwin to Edith M. Bonnet, March 24, 1926], letter, March 24, 1926; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth841217/m1/1/: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Moody Medical Library, UT.