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- Baby, care of the:
- Abdomen, shape of, at birth, 105;
- advice in care of baby, 377-78;
- bathing, 107-8, 111-12, 190-201;
- bed for, arrangement of, 108, 115;
- bouncing harmful, 226;
- bowels and bladder, training of, 242;
- breast of baby, care of, 229;
- buttocks, care of, 200;
- chafing, how prevented, 201, 333;
- chest, shape of, 105;
- circumcision, when desirable, 110;
- clothing of the, 108;
- constipation, 279;
- cord, dressing of, 107;
- diet after first year, 245-47;
- ears, treatment of, 198-99;
- exercise of baby, 223;
- eyes, treatment of, 107, 198-99;
- falls, to be prevented, 228;
- feeding the, 109;
- genitals of the, how cared for, 110, 200;
- habits to be guarded against, 378;
- hair, treatment of, 201, 233;
- handling, 111;
- head, treatment of, 104, 233, 344;
- legs of, at birth, 105;
- lifting the baby, how accomplished, 228;
- mouth, treatment of, 199;
- necessities for newborn baby, 60-61, 64;
- nose, treatment of, 198-99;
- pulse and respiration, 105;
- putting to sleep, 127, 217;
- registration of birth of, 113;
- respiration, how started at birth, 105-6;
- second summer, care during, 230;
- skin of baby, 106;
- stools, regulation of, 142;
- temperature of baby, 226;
- the "spoiled" baby, 128;
- things bad for babies, list of, 377;
- treatment of baby during and after birth, 67, 69;
- umbilicus, how cared for, 112;
- urine of baby, 109, 223;
- warmth necessary, 225;
- water, how and when administered, 140, 222;
- weight of baby at birth, 106;
- when to give first feeding, 70.
- See also Colic; Crying; Nursery; Nursing the baby; Sleep; Urine;
- see also under several diseases
- Babyhood, 1
- Backache,
- Bathing the baby, toilet, etc., 190-201.
- See also Baby, care of the
- Bed for baby.
- See Baby, care of the; Sleep
- Bed-wetting, 328.
- See also Urine
- Birthmarks, discussion of, 16, 17, 18, 40, 338
- Bites, of dogs, snakes, cats, etc., 349
- Blindness, precautions to avoid, in new-born infant, 69, 331.
- See also Baby, care of the
- Blisters (fever), 338
- Blood-pressure, 46;
- observation of, 3
- Boils, 337
- Bottle feeding,
- additional foods, 153;
- bottle, preparation of, 149;
- ice-box, home-made, 148;
- intervals between meals, 153;
- nipple, how withdrawn, 152;
- position of baby during feeding, 150-51;
- quantity of food, 148;
- refrigeration a necessity, 148;
- rules for, 154;
- schedule for, 147;
- stomach, capacity of, 148;
- time allowance for, 152;
- traveling, food for baby while, 153;
- treatment of baby after, 152;
- water, when and how administered, 147
- Bowel, prolapse of the, 283
- Bow legs, how avoided, 228
- Bran bread, recipes for, 448
- Bravery, how to instil in a child, 382-84
- Breasts,
- Bronchitis, 304
- Bruises, 354
- Burns, 358
- Calisthenics, how applied, 244
- Caretaker (for children), 376-77
- Carriages and go-carts, 227
- Chafing, 333.
- See also Baby, care of the
- Chicken-pox, 294-95
- Chilblains, 356
- Child culture, 1
- Cleft palate, 341
- Clothing the baby,
- bands, 204;
- booties, 206;
- caps, 210;
- diapers, 204;
- errors in clothing, 208;
- layette, the, 203-208;
- nightgowns, wrappers, and slips, 207;
- rules for, 212;
- shirts, 204;
- shoes, 210;
- short clothes, 209;
- skirts and petticoats, 206;
- sleeping-bag, 207;
- stockings, 206;
- suggestions for, 202;
- suits for play, 210;
- winter garments, 211;
- wraps, 210
- Clubfoot, 342
- Colds, 300, 301
- Colic, causes and treatment of, 129-32, 142, 274
- Confinement,
- Constipation,
- Contagious diseases,
- Convulsions, 326
- Coughing, 255
- Cramps, 41
- Croup, 306
- Crying,
- Cuts, wounds, etc., 353
- Deaf-mutism, 331
- Deafness, 302
- Deformities, causes of, 17
- Delivery, calculation of date of, 5, 6
- Depressors, function of, 9, 15
- Determiners, function of, 9, 15
- Development of child, 240-41
- Diarrhoea, 185, 280
- Diet:
- Appetite, improvement of the, 401;
- assimilation, 360;
- baby, diet of, 245-47;
- cellulose, 365;
- eating between meals, 368;
- elimination, 360-62;
- fats, 364;
- food requirement (daily), 369;
- foods, full value of, 366;
- for children, 367;
- fruit sugars, 363;
- hygiene, 400;
- mineral salts, 364;
- nutrition, 362;
- proteins, 363;
- starches, 363;
- treatment of child, daily program for, 402-4;
- water, 365.
- See also Feeding the baby; Nursing the baby
- Digestion:
- Diphtheria, 296
- Discipline, methods of, 316-22
- Dislocations and fractures, 254
- Doctor, choice of, 55
- Earache, 351
- Ears, running, 299
- Eclampsia, 47, 48;
- Eczema, 334-35
- Embryonic development, 11, 12
- Enema, how administered, 280
- Exercise, necessity of, during pregnancy, 27
- Exercise of baby, 223
- Eye infections, 298
- Eyes, ears, and nose,
- Fainting, 359
- Fear, overcoming of, in children, 380-82
- Feeble-mindedness, 331
- Feeding the baby:
- Bottle-fed baby, healthy characteristics of, 178;
- changes in food to be gradual, 179;
- constipation, how treated, 185, 279;
- diarrhoea, cause of, 185, 280;
- dissatisfaction, signs of, 181;
- flatulence, 182;
- formula, choice of, for, 178;
- infant foods, 187-89;
- mistakes in formulas, 180;
- mixed feeding, 186;
- overfeeding, 183;
- vomiting, 182;
- weight of baby, 183.
- See also Diet; Milk; Nursing the baby
- Fertilization, process of, 8, 9
- Fever, 264.
- See also Sickness of child
- Flatulence.
- See Feeding the baby
- "Flour ball," how prepared, 175
- Foods,
- for baby, 153, 165-76;
- full value of, 366.
- See also Bottle feeding; Infant foods; Milk
- Freckles, 336
- Frostbites, 356
- Games for children, 392
- Germ plasm, 8
- Glands, enlarged, 345
- Goitre, 42
- Governesses, 370-75
- Grippe, 302
- Habits, inculcation of good, 380-89
- Harelip, 341
- Headache,
- Heartburn, care for, 36
- Hemorrhoids, treatment of, 41
- Heredity,
- Hip-joint disease, 343
- Hives, 336
- Homemaking, 370-75
- Hookworm, 278
- Hospital,
- Housekeeping, 370-75
- Hygiene,
- Hysteria, prevention of, 315
- Indigestion, 275
- Infant foods, 187-89.
- See also Feeding the baby; Nursing the baby
- Infant welfare, 178
- Insects, bites of, 348
- Insomnia,
- Itch, the, 339-40
- Jaundice, 276
- Kissing the baby, precautions against, 224
- Labor,
- analgesia in, 86;
- anesthesia in, 84-92;
- bath, preliminary, 64;
- care of mother during and after, 67-68;
- chloroform and ether, administration of, 91;
- duration of, 65;
- duties of nurse before and during, 67;
- "false pains" in, 66;
- fear in, importance of allaying, 84;
- laughing gas (nitrous oxid), administration of, 85;
- effect of, 87;
- pain of, 71, 84-85;
- preparations for, 64-65, 67, 72-73;
- progress of, 65;
- second stage of, 66;
- "sunrise slumber" in, 84-90;
- symptoms of approaching, 64;
- third stage of, 66;
- "twilight sleep" in, 71-72, 73-83;
- what to do in, before arrival of doctor, 67
- Layette. See Clothing of baby
- Leucorrhea, relief for, 37-38
- Lice, 339
- Lime water, use of, in baby's food, 173
- Lochia, the, 97
- Lying-in period, the, 93;
- abdominal binder, 97;
- "after-pains," 95;
- bowels, care of, 98;
- breast binder, 97;
- "cold-mitten friction" during, 95;
- cystitis, how avoided, 100;
- diet, rules for the, 98;
- getting up from bed, when to be permitted, 99;
- hemorrhage, treatment of, 100;
- infection, advice for treatment of, 100;
- lochia, the, 97;
- nipples, care of, 98;
- nurse, duties of, during, 93;
- pneumonia, how avoided, 100;
- rest and exercise during, 94;
- temperature of mother, 96;
- toilet of the vulva, 96
- Malaria, 346
- Maternal instinct, the, 1
- Maternal impressions, explained and discussed, 16
- Measles, 293-94
- Medical supervision in early days of pregnancy, 2
- Medicine chest, the, 270
- Meningitis, 329
- Menstruation,
- Milk,
- acidity, how counteracted, 158;
- analysis of cow's, 156;
- analysis of mother's, 156;
- annatto, test for, 159;
- boiling, when necessary, 161;
- bottled milk, care of, 163;
- bottles, care of, 166;
- buttermilk, when used, 174;
- certified milk, 161;
- condensed milk, how used, 175;
- cow's milk, modification of, 157;
- cream gauge, 158;
- cream, gravity of, 172;
- dairy, essentials of a good, 159;
- "flour ball," the, 175;
- food, special, 175;
- formulas for feeding, 171, 173;
- goat's milk, use of, 157;
- herd milk desirable, 159;
- lactometer, 158;
- lime water, use of, 173;
- "modification" of cow's milk, 165;
- nipples, care of, 166;
- pasteurization of, 162;
- peptonized, 174;
- preparation of, 168-70;
- schedule for feeding, 171;
- seven per cent milk, 173;
- spores, how guarded against, 163;
- sterilization of, 162;
- sugar, use of, with, 157;
- "top-milk" formula, 172;
- whey, how used, 176.
- See also Feeding the baby
- Milk crust, 198
- Miscarriage,
- Monstrosities, causes of, 17
- Moral training of child, 415-24
- Morning sickness,
- Mothercraft, 1;
- Motherhood,
- Mouth of baby, care of, 199
- Mouth wash for use during pregnancy, 30
- "Mulberry Mass," the, 11
- Mumps, 291
- Nails, ingrowing, 342
- Nature, lessons from, in teaching children, 405-12
- Navel, bleeding from the, 284
- Nervousness,
- hereditary (in child), 308-10;
- how overcome, 310-14, 323-32
- Nervous system, absence of connection between, of mother and child, 18
- Nitrous oxid, effects of, 87-90
- Nosebleed, 352
- Nurse, choice of, 56-57
- Nursery,
- Nursing the baby,
- caked breasts, 136-37;
- diet of mother, 135;
- foods to be avoided by mother, 136;
- hygiene of nursing mother, 134;
- importance of, 133;
- irritability of mother, effect of, 142;
- mastitis (caked breast), treatment for, 100;
- milk supply, how increased, 143;
- mixed feeding, 186;
- mother's milk, constituents of, 139;
- overheating of mother to be guarded against, 142;
- position of mother when, 141;
- regularity in feeding, 141;
- sore nipples, how treated, 138;
- stools, regulation of, 142;
- successful or unsuccessful, how determined, 142-43;
- time of first feeding, 139;
- to be avoided, when, 144;
- water, administering, 140;
- wet nurse, the, 145.
- See also Bottle feeding; Diet
- Paralysis, infantile, 330
- Parents, relation of to children, 413-24
- Pernicious vomiting.
- See Morning sickness
- Physician, selection of, for treatment during pregnancy, 21-22
- Pigeon toe, 342
- Placenta, role of, 18
- Play and recreation, 390-91
- Playmates of children, 311
- Pneumonia, 307
- Poisons and antidotes, 356-58
- Pott's disease, 343
- Pregnancy:
- Bathing, necessity of, during, 29;
- blood-pressure in, 49, 50, 52;
- breasts, care of the, 33;
- cheerful anticipation, advantages of, 4;
- clothing appropriate during, 22;
- constipation, how avoided during, 31-33, 40;
- convulsions, treatment for, 48;
- craving for special food, in, 40;
- diet during, 24 ff.;
- dizziness during, 47;
- duration of, 5, 12;
- exercise, necessity of, 27;
- fresh air, necessity of, 29;
- goitre in, 42;
- hemorrhoids, treatment of, 41;
- hygiene of, 21 ff.;
- irritation of the bladder, 37;
- kidney complications, 3;
- medical supervision in early days of, 2;
- mental state during, how regulated, 33;
- miscarriage, danger of, at seventh month, 39;
- morning sickness, remedies for, 35;
- progress of, 11, 12;
- quickening, 5;
- resentfulness of mother, consequences of, 3;
- rest, necessity of, 28;
- signs of, 4;
- swellings in, 42, 47;
- teeth, care of, during, 30;
- urine, diminution of, 47;
- urine, testing of, 30;
- vision, blurring of, the, 47;
- water, necessity of, in, 26.
- See also Abortion; Miscarriage
- Puerperium.
- See Lying-in period
- Saint Vitus' Dance, 330
- Saliva, flow of, not indicative of teeth-cutting, when, 233
- Scalds, 358
- Scarlet fever, 292-93
- Scurvy, 344
- Senses of new born baby, 232, 233
- Shortening clothes of baby.
- Sickness of the child:
- Abdomen in sickness, 254;
- breathing, 256;
- chest in sickness, 254;
- convalescence, 272-73;
- cough, the, 255;
- cry of infant in sickness, 255;
- disinfectants for sick room, 269;
- examination of sick child, 260;
- facial expression, 254;
- feeding directions, 259;
- fever, 264;
- gestures indicating sickness, 253;
- head indicates sickness, 254;
- medicine chest, the, 270;
- medicines, 263;
- mouth, the, 257;
- nurse, the, 251;
- nursing records, 262;
- patent medicines, 271;
- position of, in sickness, 252;
- pulse, the, 257;
- sick room, location of, etc., 266;
- skin color, 253;
- stools, the, 258;
- swallowing, 258;
- temperature and pulse, 263;
- temperature, the, 257;
- treatment of sick child, 261;
- urine, the, 258.
- See also under several diseases
- Skin troubles, 333
- Sleep:
- Smallpox, 295
- Soothing syrups, 220
- Sore throat, 302
- Spasms, 326
- Speech of baby, 243
- Sperm, blending of, with ovum, 11
- Spinal curvature, 342-44
- Spoiling the child, 310
- Sprains, 355
- Stools of baby, 184, 185
- Stream of life, the, 8
- Sucking habits in baby, to be guarded against, 224, 378
- Suggestion, effect of, 19, 380-89
- Summer complaint, 278.
- See also Diarrhœa; Dysentery
- Sunrise slumber.
- See Labor
- Suppressors, function of, 9, 15
- Swallowing of bones, buttons, etc., 350
- Syphilis, 346, 347
- Teeth, care of, during pregnancy, 30
- Teething, 234-37;
- suggestions for treatment during, 237
- Thrush, 279
- Tonsils, diseased, 303;
- tonsilitis, 302
- Toys, selection of, 230
- Tuberculosis, 346
- Twilight sleep.
- See Labor
- Twitchings, 327.
- See also Nervousness, hereditary
- Typhoid fever, 288-91
- Umbilical cord, function of, 18
- Uremic poisoning.
- See Urine
- Urine:
- Albumin and casts in, 47, 50;
- bed-wetting, 328;
- diminution of, during pregnancy, 47;
- disturbance in, a sign of pregnancy, 4, 5;
- eclampsia, 3;
- examination of, 3;
- irritation of the bladder, 37;
- retention of, by child, 328;
- testing of, during pregnancy, 30, 42, 45, 49, 55;
- toxemia, indications of, 48;
- uremic poisoning, 3;
- urinating after labor, 97;
- urination of baby, 223;
- urine an index of disease or sickness, 258.
- See also Pregnancy; Sickness of child
- Uterus, entrance of fertilized ovum into, 9, 10
- Vaccination, 295
- Varicose veins, 41
- Vice, secret, causes of, 421
- Vomiting, 274.
- See also Digestion, disorders of; Feeding the baby
- Vulva, toilet of the, 96
- Vulvovaginitis, 334