The handbook for mothers: a guide in the care of young children / By Edward H. Parker.

  • Parker, Edward H. (Edward Hazen), 1823-1896.
Date:
1866
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Credit: The handbook for mothers: a guide in the care of young children / By Edward H. Parker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    Flowing from the mother, how to be treated, 28. Flour for burns, 221. Flushing not blushing, 142. Food during sickness, 195. undigested, in the discharges, 153. Fresh air important, 114. t( necessary to the infant, 53. Fried rice, 240. Fruits for children objectionable, 109. Goat, how to select one, 65. Goat's milk, 65. Green corn, 121. <( discharges from the bowels, 152, Grinding teeth, when they come, 81. Gums, appearance of in a healthy child while teethirg, 82. how to cut them, 84. how to stop bleeding from them, 85. sometimes the seat of severe pain, 83. Habits, 127. easily acquired, 41. to be cultivated during the sec- ond six months, 96. Habit of movement of the bowels, 17. Hands, their position to be noticed, 134. when not to be noticed, 135. Hardening process, 50. Head, hot in sickness, 136. how to apply cold to it, 192. Heat indication of sickness, 134. of the abdomen, 138. 11 of the chest, 138 Hive syrup, 173. Hot hands, 135, 14 head, 136. How often the child may nurse, 41 to wean the child, 104. Hygienic care of children between six and twelve months old, 92. Ice for cooling the head, 194. u in diarrhoea, 160. in excessive vomiting, 149. Imitation of the mother's milk, 69. Importance of noticing the position of the sick child, 139. In case of doubt send for the physi cian, 130. India-rubber nipples, 75. InfaDts to be carried by the nurse, 92. Influence of longings, 12. Inhaling hot steam, 2^4. Injecting syringes, 190. Injections, 187. for constipation, 188. » for diarrhoea, 19, 187. for mothers during pregnan- cy, 16. how to give them, 191. in convulsions, 205. 11 repetition of, for constipa- tion, 151. Injurious effects of bathing in cold water, 47. ** to the child of sleeping with the mother, 45. of too much soap in bathing, 49. Insects, stings of, 234. Interval between meals, 43. Intolerance of noise and light, 146. Inward fits, 199. Ipecacuanha, 173. Isinglass jelly, 241. Jaw, teeth in the lower, that come first, 80. Jellies not nutritious, 159. Jelly, isinglass, 241. tapioca, 242. Knowledge of disease sometimes unde- sirable, 131. Lait de poule, 241. Lancing the gums, 84. Laudanum, 233. Light beneficial to infants, 64. in the sick room, 180. Little upon little, 127. Local spasms, 212.