Treatment of disease in children : embodying the outlines of diagnosis and the chief pathological differences between children and adults / by Angel Money.

  • Money, Angel.
Date:
1890
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Credit: Treatment of disease in children : embodying the outlines of diagnosis and the chief pathological differences between children and adults / by Angel Money. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and gaiters, gloves and socks, seems to be the fitting raiment for all children. By a simple arrangement of buttons or strings or ribbons —a few safety pins are alone admissible—this combination could be taken off and put on without trouble. Drawers made in two pieces so that they may not become wet or soiled are now in use for children wearing diapers. The night dress should be pyjamas or a simple sack, with sleeves but no legs ; a draw-string at the bottom seals the sack, and prevents exposure of feet and legs. This may be made of wool for winter, and of linen for summer wear. A thin flannel vest may sometimes be worn at night in addition, and this should cover the surface of chest and back and belly. Night clothes are worn only at night. The clothing must be changed frequently enough to keep it sweet and clean. Extra clothing for out-door use should not be donned till necessary, and should be doffed immediately on return.* Shoes must be easy-fitting, to allow of the free play of the foot, but not loose enough to hamper the gait. For premature infants or collapsed ones a uniform coating or artificial skin of cotton wadding is best, and should be applied everywhere, except over the orifices of the body. The mechanical nurse or couveuset is an excellent apparatus. Warmth, at all costs, must be obtained for cases of palsy or defective circulation. This may be secured by worsted stockings of double thickness, by quilting two together ; or these lined with cotton wool, or with heated bran or camo- mile flowers. Hot bottles near, but not in contact with, the limbs may be required. In cases of eczema and raw surfaces, cold and wet and the atmosphere must be excluded by ointment and lint, or by soluble varnishes. * See Author's Health of Children, London, H. K. Lewis, f Hearson’s patent, Regent Street.
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