Kelly Constitution
on May 15, 2022
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An attached photograph showed a recipe for homemade formula on a discharge document from 1960:
Text at the top of the screenshot read “Homemade baby formula recipe, 1960.” In the photograph, an apparent hospital document featured a title: “Your Baby’s Formula, Terminal Heating Method (with Slow Cooling.)”
Vital statistics appeared at the top for a baby named David James, born on October 3 1960. Under that, a section labeled “prepare formula according to instructions on following pages” featured the following recipe:
13 oz. Pet Evaporated Milk
20 oz. Water
2 Level Tablespoons Karo (corn syrup)
Pour 4 ox. into each of 6 bottles.
When to feed[:] Every 3-4 hours or on demand[.]
Special Instructions[:]
Water at least twice a day.
Tea — 1 or 2 ounces once a day.
Vitamins at 10 days.
Orange juice at three weeks. 1 Tablespoon of orange juice to 1 Tablespoon of Water.
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