The maternal management of children, in health and disease |
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... practice , the stomach of the infant becomes over- loaded , the food remains undigested , the bowels are always disordered , fever is excited , and , by- and - by , the symptoms become aggravated , the infant seriously ill , and is ...
... practice , the stomach of the infant becomes over- loaded , the food remains undigested , the bowels are always disordered , fever is excited , and , by- and - by , the symptoms become aggravated , the infant seriously ill , and is ...
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... practice of porter - drink- ing , & c . generally commences in the lying - in- room . The young mother is there told that it is essential to the production of a good and plen- tiful supply of breast - milk ; and from a sense of duty ...
... practice of porter - drink- ing , & c . generally commences in the lying - in- room . The young mother is there told that it is essential to the production of a good and plen- tiful supply of breast - milk ; and from a sense of duty ...
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... practice in this metropolis , and not have been fully convinced of this fact . Wet or fine , if the mother be but in good health , if she live in a large city , she should take the daily walk . I need scarcely remind the nursing ...
... practice in this metropolis , and not have been fully convinced of this fact . Wet or fine , if the mother be but in good health , if she live in a large city , she should take the daily walk . I need scarcely remind the nursing ...
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... practice to apply cold evaporating lotions to the breast for this purpose . It is true they may produce a rapid dispersion of the milk : but they ought never to be resorted to , as they frequently give rise to symptoms of an alarming ...
... practice to apply cold evaporating lotions to the breast for this purpose . It is true they may produce a rapid dispersion of the milk : but they ought never to be resorted to , as they frequently give rise to symptoms of an alarming ...
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... practice of giving solid food to a toothless child , is not less absurd , than to expect corn to be ground where there is no apparatus for grinding it . That which would be considered as an evi- dence of idiotism or insanity in the last ...
... practice of giving solid food to a toothless child , is not less absurd , than to expect corn to be ground where there is no apparatus for grinding it . That which would be considered as an evi- dence of idiotism or insanity in the last ...
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2d Edition aperient appearance applied attack attended become body bowels breast breast-milk breathing carefully castor oil cause character chest child childhood circumstances cloth cold water colour common cold constitution convulsions costive cough countenance croup deranged diarrhoea diet digestion disease disorder drachms early effect Engravings eruption excited exist eyes Fcap flatulence followed Foolscap 8vo four-and-twenty Fredrika Bremer frequently give given gums head HISTORY Howitt important infant inflammation injurious irritation J. C. Loudon lungs Mary Howitt MATERNAL MANAGEMENT measles measures medicine milk months mother mouth natural necessary nourishment nurse observed occur pain parent period permanent teeth Plates post 8vo poultice prevent produced quantity quently remedies removed resorted scarlet fever SECT signs skin sleep slight small-pox sometimes sponging stomach and bowels suckling symptoms tartar teeth tepid tooth-powder TREATISE treatment vaccination Vignette Titles vols warm bath weaning wet-nurse whilst William Howitt Woodcuts
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