The Prophylaxis of Allergic Disease in Infancy and Childhood

Cow’s Milk Allergy in Infants and Children

“…The infant after birth should be breast fed entirely, but if this is not possible a milk substitute should be used for the first few months of life and cow's milk rigidly avoided in any form for several months. G laser (45,46,4,30) has extended this principal of prophylaxis a great deal by demonstrating that children who arc potentially allergic and who are kept off cow's milk in the early months of life have a great deal fewer major allergies subsequently. In his experimental group of ninety-six potentially allergic children, that is children who are off spring of or siblings of allergic individuals, he found that only 14.6% showed major allergy up to six years of age.…”