Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

ta@t them the process of prep&g
nipples.
the rriLl.k and the bottles, and the
Q. Did you have them boil the rnilk? I
A. Yes, we did when it was impossible to teach them to ppteurize.
ta@t them pasteurization, too. We had--what did we calt that,
diluted the milk, they d%dnlt get whole dlk--we could &e a
rother's milk if 4 fat, no, 4 protein, n9,this is cow's elk.
4 fat, 4 protein and 4 carbohydrate, and that is cow's fib. Now
rrdlk is 3-7-1. $ewn ds the carbohydrate. The c&ohydr&te
nwber. Seven is sugar, the carbohydrate, and 1 is protern
3 is fat.
Q. So motherts milk is 3, 7, l?
A. Yes 3, 7, 1.
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Q. You're remarkable.
A. I can ~mrber that, isn't that funny.
Q. Wonderful. So you taught the mothers to do what?
A. To make that fornula. Now suppose the doctor would
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o der no fati. Well
that's easy enough. !The proteln, you may have to add so thing thaq was
protein, or you had to add starch or barley water to get ow carbokiydrates.
Q Barley water dras star&. What would they add for s ?
A. Sugar. I
Q. Was there Karo? Did you ever use Kam syrup?
A. I don't think we did. Anyhow, when I got back here, be had no pediatric
specialist here and Dr. Munson came the ne-st. I had de~ided private
duty was going to be the children only, and I managed to work it. %at was
somthhg new, to have a nurse a specialist in anythhg. I But theyt d corn to
m and they would ask me what to feed the baby, Dr. Mmso especially.
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Q. You man the doctors would ask you for formulas?
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A. Yes, and one doctor went there and spent a smr te
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Dr. Blahyer. Itm turning rqy face avfay. I want to tell you that k was
the Secretary of the lkdica.1 Association, and they said at was his best
patient. (chuckles) Q. Now this long deck on the second floor.
A. Nat all the way to the end though, the end wax a warQ a@h.
Q. The whole back part of the second deck was a w-?
k
A. No. That is where our four big wwds were, our four ards where
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the
corridor ran down clem to about here where you see that oar& whe
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