INDEX
- Adenoids, 80
- Air, necessity for, 17;
- impure, 19;
- temperature of, 21
- Baby, care of the newborn, 29-37;
- breast feeding, 38-45;
- bottle feeding, 46-54;
- caring for food of, 55-62;
- the bath, 63-70;
- clothing, 71-77;
- training, 78-87;
- teeth and their care, 88-92;
- sicknesses, 93-101
- Bacteria, preventing development of, 27
- Barley water, 51, 110
- Bath thermometer, use of, 94
- Baths, for girls, 8;
- oil, 30;
- sponge, 30;
- tub, 63-70;
- bran, 69;
- for convulsions, 94
- Beds, 34
- Beef juice, 111
- Bicarbonate of soda solution, 10
- Birth, registration of, 35
- Boric acid solution, 67
- Bottle feeding, 46-54;
- special foods, 46;
- cow’s milk, 54;
- modified milk, 48;
- utensils necessary in, 51;
- pasteurizing, 52
- Bottles, care of, 57
- Bowels, care of, 14, 81
- Breast feeding, reasons for, 38;
- hours for, 39;
- position of baby for, 40;
- mixed feedings, 41;
- diet for mother, 42;
- weaning, 42
- Candy as food, 14
- Carbohydrates, 11
- Carrying schoolbooks, 5
- Cellars, care of, 26
- Certified milk, 47
- Chafing, avoidance of, 98
- Chamber, use of, 82
- Clothing, 71-77;
- bands, 71-73;
- shirts, 73;
- gertrudes, 74;
- dresses, 74;
- nightgowns, 74;
- stockings, 76;
- short clothes, 76;
- for summer, 76;
- for winter, 77
- Colds, 98
- Colic, crying due to, 84;
- treatment of, 95
- Condensed milk as food, 46
- Constipation, 96
- Contagion, avoiding, 99
- Convulsions, 93
- Correct posture, 3-6;
- when feeding baby, 60;
- during the bath, 68
- Crying, normal, 84;
- due to hunger, 84;
- due to temper, 85;
- due to illness, 84-85;
- due to fright, 85
- Dental floss, use of, 9
- Diapers, 74
- Diarrhea, 97
- Diet, for nursing mothers, 42;
- for babies, 91;
- for children, 91
- Discharges from sick persons, 24
- Dishcloths and towels, 28
- Drafts, 21
- Dresses, selection of, 74
- Dressing the baby, 69
- Drooling, 89
- Dust and dusting, 25
- Ears, care of, 66
- Emergencies, 93-101;
- convulsions, 93;
- colic, 95;
- constipation, 96;
- diarrhea, 97;
- colds, 98;
- vaccination, 100
- Enemas, 96-97
- Exercise, 15, 86
- Eyes, care of, 66
- Fats as food, 11
- Filters, 24
- Flies, protection from, 36
- Food, three classes of, 10;
- mixed diet, 11;
- milk, 13;
- candy, 14;
- care of, 27, 55-62;
- for nursing mothers, 41
- Fright, crying from, 85
- Garbage, care of, 27
- Gertrudes (petticoats), 74
- Girls’ Health League classes, 103-109
- Hands, care of, 28
- Health of nursing mothers, 41
- Hearing of babies, 33
- Hunger, crying from, 84
- Illness, crying due to, 85
- Indigestion, 84
- Kissing, 83
- Laxatives, use of, 96
- Limewater, 50, 110
- Maltose, in modifying milk, 51
- Mattresses, choice and care of, 34
- Milk as food, 13
- Milk sugar, 51
- Modified milk, 48
- Mosquitoes, protection from, 36
- Mouth, care of, 10, 66
- Nails, care of, 68
- Nightgowns, 74
- Nipples, care of, 58
- Nose, care of, 66, 80
- Nursing. See Bottle feeding and Breast feeding
- Oatmeal water, 110
- Oil, use of, 30
- Oil-producing glands, 30
- Orange juice for babies, 91
- Pacifiers, 83
- Pasteurizing milk, 52
- Personal hygiene, 1-15;
- value of good health, 1;
- correct posture, 3;
- care of skin, 6;
- baths, 8;
- food, 10;
- exercise, 15
- Perspiration, avoiding undue, 21
- Pillows, 35
- Plants in houses, 19
- Privy vaults, 23
- Proprietary baby foods, 51
- Protein, 11
- Reading position, 6
- Recipes, 110
- Refrigerators, homemade, 55
- Rice water, 110
- Rickets, avoiding, 94
- Sanitation, home, 16-28
- Scales, use of, 44
- Scalp, care of, 67
- Screens, 25
- Scurvy, prevention of, 67
- Shirts, selection of, 73
- Shoes, selection of, 4
- Sitting position, 4
- Skin, care of, 6
- Sleep, 79
- Speech of babies, 33
- Spitting, 8
- Standing position, 3
- Starch as food, 11
- Stockings, selection of, 76
- Sugar, as food, 11;
- in modifying milk, 49
- Sunshine, value of, 17
- Suppositories, 96, 111
- Talcum powder, use of, 98
- Teeth, care of, 9, 88-92
- Teething, 89
- Temper, crying from, 85
- Temperature, in pasteurizing milk, 52;
- for bath, 63;
- of sleeping room, 79;
- of bath for convulsions, 93
- Thermometer, use of, 95
- Thumb sucking, 83
- Toothbrush, care of, 92
- Vaccination, 100
- Vegetables as food, 11
- Ventilation, 19
- Water, the body’s need of, 13;
- purity of, 22-24;
- use of, in modifying milk, 48;
- sterile, 62
- Weaning the baby, 42
- Weight of baby, 43
- Whey, 111