INDEX.

ABLUTION or sponging, 92. 144.

Abstinence, its good effect in flatulence and griping in the infant,

58. 245.

Accidents and diseases which may occur to the infant at birth or
soon after, 207.

of a subsequent period, 224.

Acids, injurious to the teeth, 179.

Air and exercise, in infancy, 101.; in childhood, 108.

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its importance to the mother whilst a nurse, 12.
its importance to the wet-nurse, 34.

Animal food, given too early, highly injurious, 54.

child, 63.

in childhood, 62.

its injurious effects upon the young and delicate

Anxiety of mind, its effect upon breast-milk, 233.
Aperient biscuits, 124.

enema, 125.

liniment, 126.

medicine, 118.

Arrow-root, how prepared for an infant, 51.

Artificial feeding, causes rendering it necessary, 40.

Artificial food, cow's milk and water the best kind until the first

the various kinds, when cow's milk disagrees, 50.
-, ass's milk, how prepared, 43.

Artificial food, Hard's farinaceous food, how prepared, 50.
Leman's tops and bottoms, how prepared, 51.
-, arrow-root, how prepared, 51.

Densham's farinaceous food, how prepared, 58.
sago, how made, 51.
beef-tea, how made, 52.
chicken-tea, how made, 53.

-, mutton-tea, how made, 53.
veal-tea, how made, 52.

the kind most suitable under the different com-
plaints to which infants are liable, 56.
Ass's milk, how prepared, 43.

it, 45.

the quantity consumed, and best mode of supplying

Asparagus for children, 66.

Attendants upon children, in health, 78; in sickness, 205.
Atmosphere of the nursery, 77. 101.; of the bed-rooms, 77. 87.
a damp and humid state of, injurious, 76. 102.

a very cold condition of, dangerous, 103.

Barlow, Dr., quoted, 114.

Bath, the cold-water plunge-bath, 139.

the shower, 143.

the warm, 147.

rules for the use of the warm bath, 149.
foot, 151.

Bathing and cleanliness during infancy and childhood, 87. 92.
Bathing, sea, 140.

Bed, the infant's, 83.; the child's, 86.

Bed-room, ventilation and temperature of, 77. 83. 87.

Beef-tea, how prepared for an infant, 52.

Bees, the stings of, how treated, 231.

Bell, Mr., quoted, 128. 177. 180.

Bleeding from the nose, 229.

from leech-bites, how controlled, 133.

from the navel, 220.

from the navel-string, 218.

Blisters, mode of application, 134.; manner of dressing, 135.

Bottle, nursing, 46.

Bowels, of their mismanagement immediately after birth, 119.;
condition of the stools when healthy, 126.

training of, 91.

confined, 248.

relaxed, 231.

flatulence and griping of, 231.

Bread and water poultice, how made, 136.

Breasts of the infant, swelling of, 214.

Breathing of the infant, how affected by disease, 197.
Brocoli, for children, 66.

Broken limbs, what to do, 229.

Broths, how made, 52.

Bruises, their management, 226.

Bugs, the bites of, how treated, 231.

Burns and scalds, their treatment, 225.

Calomel, danger of, 127.; injurious to the teeth, 180.

Caps, the use of, for infants and children, 98.

Carminative, Dalby's, its danger, 129.

Carriage, "a good carriage," how best obtained, 113.; and the

sad results of the mode frequently adopted, 110.

Carrots, as an article of diet for children, 66.

Carrying of the infant, the mode, 103.

Castor oil, its use, 120.

Castor-oil biscuits, how made, 124.

Cauliflower, for children, 66.

Cheyne, Dr., quoted, 198. 304.

Chicken-tea, how made, 53.

Choice of a nurse-maid, importance of, 78.
- a wet-nurse, rules for, 26.
Clark, Sir James, quoted, 54. 102.
Cleanliness and bathing of children, 87.

" its necessity in a nurse-maid, 79.

of importance to the wet-nurse, 29.
Clothing of the infant, 94.; of the child, 99.
Clysters, what kind best for children, 125.

Cold and damp, children very susceptible of, 83. 94. 237.
Combe, Dr., quoted, 20.

Consumption, hereditary tendency thereto, how removed, 20.
36. 93. 108.

Convulsions, in the infant, from disordered breast-milk, 30.

—, during teething, 167.

from opiates, 130.

from repletion, 61.

from raisins, 72.

-, signs of their approach, 187.

Cork-nipple teat, 47.

Corsets, when injurious, 111.

Costiveness, in the infant, 57. 121. 248.; in the child, 249.

Cough, as a sign of disease, 197.

Cow's milk, how prepared for the infant, 41.
substitutes for, when it disagrees, 43.

Croup, how recognised, 96. 99. 198. 295.
Cry (the) of hunger, 193.

Dalby's Carminative, its dangerous effects, 129.
Damp induces disease in the infant, 76. 102.
Dandling, agreeable to the infant, 105.

Densham's farinaceous food, how prepared, 58.
Dentition, easy; management of the infant, 161.

difficult; management of the infant, 163.
Diarrhoea, in the infant, 57. 231.

Diet of infancy, 2.

of childhood, 58.; general directions upon, 59.; animal
food, 62.; vegetables, 65.; sugar, 66.; salt, 67.; fresh fruits,
69.; dried fruits and sweetmeats, 70.; water, 72.; wine, beer,
and spirits, 73.

for infants, under the different complaints to which they
are liable, 56.

proper for a nursing mother, 10.

and regimen for a wet-nurse, 31.

unwholesome articles of, their bad effect upon the breast-
milk, 234.

Digestion, in the infant; time requisite for its performance, 4.

48. 49.

Discharge from the eyes of the infant, 215.

Disease, the importance of its early detection, 182.

hints for its early detection, 184.

Dress, the infant's, 94. ; the child's, 99.

Drying up the breast-milk, directly after delivery, 37.

at the time of weaning, 39.

Early rising, its importance, 81. 86.

Ear, foreign bodies getting into, 230.

Easterly winds, hazard of exposure to, 102.

Eberle, Dr., quoted, 72. 103.

Enemas for children, 125.

Eruptions, in infancy, how to be prevented, 87. 91.

about the head and behind the ears, 304.

Eruptions during teething, 169. 304.

Exercise and air, in infancy, 101. ; in childhood, 108.
essential to a nursing woman, 12. 33, 34.

(horse), its importance to delicate children, 108.
Eyes of the infant, discharge from, after birth, 215.

Fever, scarlet, 256.; maternal management of, 262.
Fish, as an article of food for children, 65.
Flannel clothing, 96. 100.

Flatulence and griping in the infant, 58. 231.
Fleas, bites of, 231.

Foreign bodies getting into the ear, nose, and throat, 230.
Fruits, fresh, 69.

Gestures of the infant in health and disease, 188.
Gnats, bites of, how treated, 231.

Godfrey's Cordial, mischievous effects of, 129.
Greens, as an article of diet for children, 66.
Grief, its effects upon the mother's milk, 30.

Griping of the bowels, 231.

Gums of the infant in difficult dentition, the importance of
lancing, 164.

Hardening the constitution of the child, 88. 95.
Hard's farinaceous food, how prepared, 50.
Hare-lip, how the infant is to be nourished, 217.
Head of the infant, swellings upon, at birth, 213.

Health of infant, signs of, 184.

Hereditary predisposition to certain diseases, the influence of, 201.
transmission of scrofula and consumption, the best

antidote, 22. 201.

Hooping-cough, 201. 286.

Horse-exercise, its importance to delicate children, 108.
Hunter, Dr., quoted, 73.

Ice, how to be applied to the head, 146.

Indigestion in the infant, 231.

Infant injuriously affected by protracted suckling, 18.
food for. See Artificial Feeding.

when still-born, how to be managed, 207.
of injuries received during its birth, 212.