INDEX.

Ablution, or sponging, 125.

Abstinence, its good effect, in flatulence and griping in the infant, 50. 226.

Accidents and diseases which may occur to the infant at birth or soon after, 187.

Acids, injurious to the teeth, 159.

Air and exercise, in infancy, 83. —, in childhood, 89. —, its importance to the mother whilst a nurse, 33.

Animal food, in childhood, 55. —, its injurious effects upon the young and delicate child, 58.

Aperient liniment, 107. —, medicine, 97. —, poultice, 104.

Artificial feeding; the causes rendering it necessary, 34.

Artificial food; the proper kind for the child before the sixth month, 35. —; the mode of administering it, 39. —; the quantity to be given at each meal, 42. —; the frequency of giving it, 43. —; the posture of the child when fed, 43. —; the proper kind for the child after the sixth month, to the completion of first dentition, 44. —; the kind most suitable under the different complaints to which infants are liable, 48.

Bath, the cold-water, plunge-bath, 118. —, the shower, 123. —, the warm, 128. —, rules for the use of the warm bath, 131.

Bathing, sea, 120. —, and cleanliness, during infancy, 72. —, during childhood, 75.

Bleeding, from leech-bites, how controlled, 113. —, from the navel string, 201. —, navel, 203.

Blisters, mode of application, 114.

Bottle, nursing, 40.

Bowels, disorder of, in the infant, 208.

Breasts of the infant, swelling of, 195.

Breathing, how affected by disease, 175.

Calomel, danger in its use, 167. —, injurious to the teeth, 160.

Carminative, Dalby's, 111.

Carriage, "a good carriage;" how best obtained, 95. —; the sad results of the mode frequently adopted, 91.

Castor oil, 99.

Choice of a wet-nurse, rules for, 28.

Cleanliness and bathing, 72.

Clothing, in infancy, 78. —, in childhood, 81.

Clysters, what kind best for children, 105. —, mode of application, 106.

Cold, infants very susceptible of, 78.

Convulsions, 112, 167.

Cork-nipple teat, 41.

Costiveness, in infancy, 50. 229. —, in childhood, 231.

Cough, as a sign of disease, 175.

Countenance, in health, 165.

Countenance, in disease, 165.

Croup, 176. 286.

Dalby's Carminative, 111.

Damp, induces disease in the infant, 85.

Dentition, easy, 136. —, difficult, 139.

Diarrhoea, in the infant, 50. 227.

Dietetics of infancy, 2. —, of childhood, 54. —, general directions upon, and of animal food, 55. —, sugar, 60. —, salt, 61. —, fruits, 62. —, water, 63. —, wine, beer, spirits, 63.

Diet, under the different complaints to which infants are liable, 48. —, and regimen of a wet-nurse, 31.

Digestion, in the infant; time requisite for its performance, 42.

Discharge, from the eyes of the infant, 196.

Disease, the importance of its early detection, and hints upon, 162.

Dress, in infancy, 78. —, in childhood, 81.

Enema. See Clysters.

Eruptions on the skin in infancy; how best prevented, 74. —, about the head, and sores behind the ears, 295. —, during teething, 147.

Exercise and air, in infancy, 85. —, in childhood, 89. —, horse-exercise; its importance to delicate children, 89.

Eyes, of the infant, discharge from, after birth, 196.

Fever, scarlet, 239.

Flannel clothing, 80.

Flatulence and griping in the infant, 50. 208. 226.

Food, for infants. See Artificial Feeding. —, for children. See Dietetics of Childhood. —, and regimen, for nurses, 31.

Fruits, 62.

Gestures, of the infant, in health and disease, 169.

Godfrey's cordial, 111.

Grief, its effects upon the mother's milk, 34.

Gums, of the infant in difficult dentition, the importance of their being lanced, 140.

Hare-lip, how the infant may be nourished with this defect, 199.

Head, of the infant, swellings upon, when born, 193.

Hereditary transmission of scrofula and consumption; the best antidote to, 20.

Hooping-cough, 275.

Horse-exercise, its importance to delicate children, 89.

Hunter's, Dr., experiments on the effects of wine upon children, 64.

Jaundice, in the infant after birth, 204.

Ice, how to be applied to the head, 127.

Indigestion, in the infant, 208.

Infant, food for. See Artificial Feeding. —; when still-born, how to be managed, 187. —; of injuries received during its birth, 193. —; retention of its urine after its birth, 194. —; swelling of the breasts after birth, 195. —; discharge from the eyes, 196. —; hare-lip, 199. —; bleeding from the navel string, 201. —; ulceration, or imperfect healing of the navel, 202.

Infant; bleeding from the navel, 203. —, jaundice in, 204. —, tongue-tied, 205. —, moles and marks on the skin, 206.

Inflation of the lungs of the infant, the mode, 190.

Lavement, the proper kind for infants and children, 105.

Leech-bites; the mode of controlling the bleeding of, 113

Liniment, aperient, 107.

Looseness, 208.

Lungs of the infant, inflation of, 190.

Magnesia, 102.

Manna, 101.

Maternal nursing, 3. —, management of the diseases of children, 184.

Measles, 258. —, how distinguished from scarlet fever and small-pox, 255.

Medicine, aperient, 97.

Mercury, 107.

Milk, the mother's; how to be preserved healthy during suckling, 3. —; deficiency of, 11. —; drying up of, 54. —, cow's; for infant's food, 35. —, ass's; for infant's food, 37. —, all kinds of, sometimes disagrees with the infant, 39.

Mind, anxiety of; effects upon the parent's milk, 24.

Moles and marks on the skin, 206.

Mothers, their duty in relation to suckling, 3. —; those who ought never to suckle their children, 20. 24. 26.

Motions of the infant; what the appearance of, and how frequent, in health, 99. 172. —; their deranged condition, a sign of disease, 173.

Napkins, the infant's, 74.

Navel, bleeding from, 203. —, ulceration or imperfect healing of, 202.

Navel-string, bleeding from, 201.

Naevi, or moles, 206.

Nurses, wet, rules for the choice of, 28. —, diet and management of, 31.

Nursery medicines, 97.

Nursing, maternal, 3. —; the plan to be adopted for the first six months, 7. —; the plan to be followed after the sixth month to the time of weaning, 9. —; the injurious effects to the mother of undue and protracted suckling, 15. —; the injurious effects of undue and protracted suckling to the infant, 18.

Opiates, 110. 297. —, in teething, dangerous, 145.

Passion, its effect upon the breast-milk, 33.

Porter, of its use, by the mother during suckling, 1 —, when mischievous, 4.

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.

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