PEDIATRICS Vol. 47 No. 2 February 1971, pp. 438-439
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Formula Fatality

Fischel J. Coodin M.D., C.M.1, Ira W. Gabrielson M.D., M.P.H.1, and Joseph E. Addiego Jr. B.M.S., M.D.2

1 Division of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
2 Children's Hospital Medical Center, of Northern California, Oakland, California 94609

Most American mothers have come to consider cow's milk, particularly when modified and marketed as a proprietary formula, as the ideal replacement for breast milk as an infant food. The preparation of the baby's "bottle" has been simplified to a degree unknown even a generation ago. This simplification carries with it inherent dangers, as illustrated in the case described.

This 3-week-old Caucasian female infant was spontaneously delivered at term of a 15-year-old Spanish-speaking unmarried primigravid mother on June 22, 1969. There were no ante- or postnatal complications. Birth weight was 8 lb 6 oz. Mother and infant (weighing 8 lb 8 oz) were discharged from hospital on the third day.