Hygiene of the nursery : including the general regimen and feeding of infants and children, massage and the domestic management of the ordinary emergencies of early life / by Louis Starr.

  • Starr, Louis, 1849-1925.
Date:
1891
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Credit: Hygiene of the nursery : including the general regimen and feeding of infants and children, massage and the domestic management of the ordinary emergencies of early life / by Louis Starr. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    time elapsing between birth and the complete eruption of the milk teeth, an event that transpires about the end of the second year of life. Child¬ hood extends from this age to the development of puberty, or to the age of thirteen or fifteen years. It is important to remember these two divisions, as frequent reference will be made to them in the subsequent pages. With this brief preparation, the study of the features of health may be entered upon. i. The Face.—The face of a healthy, sleeping child wears an expression of absolute repose. The eyelids are completely closed, the lips very slightly parted, and, though a faint sound of rhythmical breathing may be heard, there is no visible move¬ ment of the nostrils. When awake and undisturbed, the healthy infant’s face has a look of wondering observation of whatever is going on about it. As age advances, intelligence gradually supplants the wondering gaze, and no one can be unfamiliar with the bright, round, happy face of perfect childhood, so indicative of careless contentment, and so mobile in response to emotions. Examples of Variations in Disease.—Incomplete closure of the eyelids, rendering the whites of the eyes visible during sleep, is a symptom in all acute and chronic diseases of a severe type; it is also to be observed when rest is rendered unsound by