Article: The cure.(Opinion)

The cure for beriberi was severe.Mothers with new-born babies were not allowed to breastfeed because the killer disease was transmitted through mother’s milk. Drs. Manuel Guerrero and Joaquin Quintos were emphatic and uncompromising with that point as they had conducted a number of clinical studies that proved conclusive.In those pre- infant formula days, the other alternative was to switch to tinned condensed milk or to hire a wet nurse which was not only expensive but just as risky. In fact, Dr. Guerrero was baffled when one of his bottle-fed patients suddenly died of beriberi. He later found out that the baby was left in the care of a neighbor, a lactating mother, ...

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