The baby : his care and training / by Marianna Wheeler.

  • Wheeler, Marianna, 1856-
Date:
[1909], [©1909]
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Credit: The baby : his care and training / by Marianna Wheeler. 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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    CHAPTER I THE BABY AT the present time, when all branches ^^ of educational work are being ad- vanced and improved, one department seems to have been quite forgotten, and this is the education and preparation of the young woman for motherhood. Maternity in these days is often anticipated with dread instead of with the pleasure which should accom- pany the thought, and this is not surpris- ing when one realizes the ignorance of the average young mother as to the proper means of caring for her baby. The fact that nervous diseases are on the increase is true, and why? The chief cause is that the word moderation seems to be growing obsolete. This is especially true as regards the care and training of infants. It is the infant which makes the child, and the child the man. It is very unusual that a child is not