Special Foods – Egg White

Egg White.-Egg white should be kept out of the diet of all these babies, unless there is a definitely negative scratch test to it, and it is best to do this two or three times be­fore giving the baby egg. Hard-boiled egg yolk is usually tolerated; soft-boiled egg yolk should not be given, as it is not possible to separate it entirely from the white. Further­more, the baby should be kept out of the kitchen when the mother is break­ing or cooking eggs (except boiled eggs). It is almost incredible what a minute amount of egg white can cause a reaction. I once had my arm sensitized with a strong egg serum, and ate a piece of bread, that had a little shiny glaze of egg white on the crust: in twenty minutes a wheal developed on the sensitized site.