The practical guide to health : a popular treatise on anatomy, physiology, and hygiene, with a scientific description of diseases, their causes and treatment; designed for nurses and for home use / by Frederick M. Rossiter.

  • Rossiter, Frederick M. (Frederick Magee), 1870-
Date:
[1913], ©1913
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Credit: The practical guide to health : a popular treatise on anatomy, physiology, and hygiene, with a scientific description of diseases, their causes and treatment; designed for nurses and for home use / by Frederick M. Rossiter. 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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    hours. Most babies are nursed too frequently and are over- fed. I have examined many children who had a marked dilatation of the stomach, unquestionably due to this cause. After three months a baby does not require nursing be- tween 10 p. m. and 6 a. m. Have a regular time for nursing. If the baby cries half an hour before the nursing time, give a few teaspoonfuls of warm water. Babies often cry because of thirst. At nine months a child does not require more than four feedings a day, and after the first year, three meals are sufficient. After the sixth month it is a safe and good plan to give the baby one or two teaspoonfuls of sweet orange juice twice a day midway between feedings. At nine months more juice may be given, or scraped apple, baked apple, or prune marmalade. During the second year children should receive the juice of half a sweet orange twice a day. Give at about 10 a. m. and 4 p. m. This will take the place of eating between meals, and is much more whole- some for the child. Scraped apple may be given in place of the orange. Lemonade with a moderate amount of sugar may also be given. A nursing baby should be kept at the breast fifteen or twenty minutes, and as a rule one breast is sufficient. Do not allow the baby to doze or sleep at the nipple. It is a bad habit. The mother should eat an abundance of nourishing food, — cereals, nuts, milk, butter, peas, beans, lentils, vegetables, and fruits. Avoid tea, coffee, beer, and all alcoholic drinks. jSTursing women need not deny themselves fruit. Any food that agrees with the mother will agree with the child. Worry, fatigue, excitement, or passion excite the child, and may cause colic. If the child must be fed artificially, modified cow's milk is the best food. Many of the prepared infants' foods on the market are wholly unfit to be given to young children. Especially is this true of malted cereal foods and condensed milk. Scurvy and rickets are very frequent among infants