The nursling : the feeding and hygiene of premature & full-term infants / Pierre Budin. Authorized translation by William J. Maloney ; with an introduction by Sir Alexander R. Simpson.

  • Budin, P. (Pierre), 1846-1907.
Date:
1907
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Credit: The nursling : the feeding and hygiene of premature & full-term infants / Pierre Budin. Authorized translation by William J. Maloney ; with an introduction by Sir Alexander R. Simpson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS LECTURE I Summary :—Considerable decrease in the mortality and morbidity of childbirth —Growing interest of accoucheurs in infants. Infants affected with congenital debility, or weaklings—Definition—Descrip- tion—The department for weaklings at the Matemite—What must be studied in weaklings : (i) their temperature and their chilUng ; (2) their feeding ; (3) the diseases to which they are specially exposed. Temperature of wealdings—The fall of temperature immediately after birth —Ease with which a fall takes place. Mortality among infants weighing 2000 grams or less, in whom, on admission, the rectal temperature was equal or inferior to 32° C.—Mortality in infants weighing 2000 grams or less, in whom the rectal temperature oscillated between 32° C. and 33.5° C.—The necessity of taking into account the infant's weight and temperature. Means of combating a fall of temperature—Older methods—Tarnier's incubator and its modifications—Other incubators—Temperature of an incubator —When may it be dispensed with ?—Clothing of babies in incubators— Rubbing—Massage—Use of hot baths in cases of depression of temperature. Principal causes of lowering of temperature in weaklings and full-term children —Preventive measures for the newly bom LECTURE II Summary :—Synopsis of first lecture—Dangers of chilling, with example—Feed- ing of weaklings—Anatomical and physiological state of their digestive tract. Infants attacked with cyanosis—Underfeeding—Examples with curves— Treatment of cyanotic attacks—Overfeeding—Its dangers. Quantity of milk to be given to weaklings—During the first ten days of life : (i) infants weighing between 1350 and 1800 grams ; {2) those between 1800 and 2200 ; and (3) those between 2200 and 2500 grams—Difficulties when infants do not suck—Gavage—Quantity of mUk for weaklings after their tenth day—Rapid method of estimating it. Infants who take the normal amount—Those who take more—Those who take less—Richness of mUk in butter mainly determines amount taken —Importance of the quality of the milk—Diarrhoea in infants .