The care and feeding of children : a catechism for the use of mothers and children's nurses / by L. Emmett Holt.

  • Holt, L. Emmett (Luther Emmett), 1855-1924.
Date:
1914,©1912
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Credit: The care and feeding of children : a catechism for the use of mothers and children's nurses / by L. Emmett Holt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    plenty of hot water and a bath tub at hand, so that the doctor can give a hot bath if he thinks it advis- able. When is a hot hath useful? If the convulsions have continued until the pulse is weak, the face very pale, the nails and lips blue, and the feet and hands cold, the hot bath will be useful by bringing blood to the surface and relieving the heart, lungs, and brain. How should the hath he given? The temperature should not be over 106° F.; this should always be tested by a thermometer if one can be obtained. Without this precaution, in the ex- citement of the moment, infants have frequently been put into baths so hot that serious and even fatal burns have been produced. If no thermometer is available the nurse may plunge her arm to the elbow into the water. It should feel warm, but not so hot as to be at all uncomfortable. One half a teacupful of powdered mustard added to the bath often adds to its efficacy. rOREIGK BODIES What should he done if a foreign hody has heen swallowed? First, examine the throat with the finger. If it has lodged there remove it. If it has passed from