curves in Figure 3 are very striking. From these figures it is shown that the first, second and third born if breast-fed for a short time only, or not at all, are subjected to much greater risks than the eighth, ninth, tenth or later children, suckled for a sufficient length of time (maximum difference 1 to 42). In the curve showing the children who were breast fed for 39 weeks (Figure 3), the influence of the high birth number shows only to a very small degree." [Sidenote: C 61] +Number of children and capacity for breast-feeding.+ Concerning this it is remarked: "The upper curve shows what percentage of children had to do without breast feeding, and the lower one how many enjoyed the sufficient period of 39 weeks of breast-feeding. Though Baum's figures are only intended to deal with the number of cases of breast feeding and not with its duration, and though no difference is made between exclusive and partial breast feeding, yet some conclusions may be drawn with regard to suckling capacity. In a district where breast feeding is as general as it is in the one examined into here, the number of women who voluntarily renounce every attempt at suckling must necessarily be small. The curve dealing with the children who had no breast feeding at all is therefore likely to give a fairly correct picture of the absolute or primary incapacity for suckling on the mother's part; absolute incapacity does not of course mean that the mother could not produce a single drop of milk, but that she does not produce enough to satisfy the child, and therefore must resort to artificial feeding. As a period of 39 weeks' feeding, even if only partial, points to a good capacity, the lower curve may also be taken as an expression of feeding ability. A comparison of both figures illustrates that the milk production after the first birth is smaller than after the following ones, and that beyond the eighth birth, it decreases materially and continuously, probably in consequence of the exhaustion of the maternal organism." [Sidenote: C 62]