The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease. - Thomas Bull, M.D.
Poultice, bread-and-water, how made, 116.
--, mustard, how made and applied, 115.
Purgative medicine, 97.
Retention of urine in the infant, 194.
Rhubarb, 103.
Rules for nursing, 3.
--, for the use of the warm bath, 181.
Salt, as a condiment, 61.
Scarlet fever, 239.
--, how distinguished from measles, 245.
Scrofulous constitution, 180.
Sea-bathing, 120.
Seasons (the), their influence in producing particular forms of
disorder, 178.
Shower-bath, 123.
Signs of health in the infant, what, 168.
--, of disease in the infant, what, 169.
Skin of the infant, importance of its perfect cleanliness, 72.
--, friction and sponging of, beneficial, 73.
Sleep, during infancy, 66.
--, childhood, 69.
--, how affected when the child is ill, 171.
Small-pox, 262.
Spirituous liquors, their pernicious effects to children, 63. 296.
Sponging, 125.
Spoon-feeding, 39.
Still-born, 187.
Stomach and bowels, their derangement, a fruitful source of disease,
208.
--, disorders of, in the infant at the breast, 210.
--, disorders of, at the period of weaning, 217.
--, disorders of, in the infant brought up by hand, 221.
--, their treatment, 222.
Stools of the infant, what the appearance of, and how frequent, in
health, 99. 172.
--, their deranged condition, a sign of disease, 173.
Suckling, plan of, 3.
--, by a wet-nurse, 27.
Sugar, 60.
Swelling of the breasts in the infant, 195.
Teat of the cow--the artificial--the cork, 41.
Teeth, of the permanent or adult teeth, 148.
--, the manner in which they appear, 148.
--, their value and importance, 152.
--, their management and preservation, 154.
Teething, easy; management of the child, 136.
--, difficult; hints upon, 139.
Tight-lacing, evils of, 92.
Tongue-tied, 205.
Ulceration or imperfect healing of the navel, 201.
Urine, retention of it in the infant after birth, 194.
Ventilation of the sleeping-rooms of children, 84.
--, its importance in sickness, 246.
Walking, the best mode of teaching a child, 87.
Warm bath, 128.
--, rules for the use of, 131.
--, directions for the use of, when the infant is stillborn, 192.
Water, as a beverage for children, 63.
--, in the head, 291.
Weaning, the time when to take place, 51.
--, the mode of effecting it, 52.
--; drying up the mother's milk, 53.
Wet-nurse suckling, 27.
--, rules for the choice of, 28.
--, diet and management of, 31.
Wine, its pernicious effects in childhood, 63.
Worms, 234.
THE END.
Also by Dr. Bull,
HINTS TO MOTHERS
FOR THE
MANAGEMENT OF THEIR HEALTH.
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