RT Journal
T1 MAlt preparations and calcium metabolism in infancy
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1919
FD March 1
VO 72
IS 9
SP 656
OP 656
DO 10.1001/jama.1919.02610090040015
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1919.02610090040015
AB Malt preparations have enjoyed considerable popularity for some time in the feeding of infants. One of the familiar mixtures is the so-called malt soup, the use of which was modified by Keller of the University Clinic for Children at Breslau to include potassium carbonate. Various claims have been made for seemingly empiric combinations. The assimilability of the malt sugar has been highly lauded, though the evidence for this alleged superiority over other available carbohydrates is by no means overwhelming, however probable it may seem on theoretical grounds. Maltose has been vaguely stated to be indicated in the constipation of infancy. In actual feeding practice, good gains of weight have often been reported as attending the use of Keller's formulas, and the further assertion has been made that the retention of calcium so essential to the growth of the skeleton is thereby facilitated.How little has been determined definitely regarding the