Ignard Paul (1 results)

First edition. Hardback. A scarce account on the importance of sterilisation of milk for the health of infants. The work contains a number of case studies with detailed information on the effects of sterilisation. Original hardback, green cloth with marbled boards. Gilt titles to the spine. Signed by the author to the front end paper (to his cousin Alfred Laurent). The boards are clean and tidy, with a little rubbing to them. Internally, there is a little darkening to the pages. The end papers in particular are rather darkened, and with some closed tears. (It appears that the work has received a later re-bind). Overall in very good condition. 138, [ii]. pages. We can find no copies of this work online, and only two library holdings, both in the USA. 25cm x 17cm. Confirms to WorldCat / OCLC: 35678229. Milk provided to children from cows, or in bottles, was often contaminated, In 1881, Dr. Fauvel presented findings to the Académie de Médecine showing that most baby bottles examined contained dangerous microbes, contributing to diarrheal diseases and cholera in infants. By 1885, these infections were responsible for the deaths of 2030% of bottle-fed infants in France. Following the work of Louis Pasteur, German scientist Franz von Soxhlet developed a technique for sterilising milk in 1886. This work was part of the proving to the public and the scientific community that this process was essential for infant health. By the early Twentieth century, sterilisation of infant milk was the norm in France (and in America it became the norm by 1912). .