Book for mothers on the management of children in health and in disease / by A. M. Usher ; with introduction by Francis B. Rutter.

  • Usher, A. M.
Date:
1913
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Book for mothers on the management of children in health and in disease / by A. M. Usher ; with introduction by Francis B. Rutter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    very naughty. With both boys and girls it ought to be a rule not to punish them because you feel angry, but just according to the nature of the offence. A mistake or accident should not be treated as a bad fault, and all nagging should be avoided ; once a fault has been punished, leave the matter alone. Open windows.—Boys and girls should be taught wPnpde0nW5. always to have their bedroom windows open at night ; just an inch or two is enough in the winter. Windows open and doors shut should be taught from the first; but don’t have the head of the bed near to the open window, or in any draught. The bedroom chimney should be open always, as it helps to air the room. Bedclothes.—Boys and girls should throw back cI^ehdeg> the sheets and blankets in the morning to air the bed; and not keep their own clothes on the bed or about the room. The quilt should not be a heavy cotton one, or an unventilated eider-down. Sleeping arrangements.—It is a good thing if each boy can have a room to himself, and if this cannot be managed, at least give each a separate bed ; girls also should each have separate beds where it is possible ; and anyone who is con- sumptive should not be allowed to share anyone else’s room or have a room opening into another person’s bedroom. Cut flowers should never be plants and kept in bedrooms at night, as they use the good bedroom air ; growing plants, though not so harmful, should not be kept in bedrooms. Primulas are not good plants for the house ; the other name for primulas is eczema plants.