The maternal management of children, in health and disease |
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... reference to the quantity and mode of giving this food , it is particularly necessary to attend to , since , if the quantity given is not very small , and the mode of giving it very slow , the digestive function will become deranged ...
... reference to the quantity and mode of giving this food , it is particularly necessary to attend to , since , if the quantity given is not very small , and the mode of giving it very slow , the digestive function will become deranged ...
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... reference to the mode of giving it , the child must be fed slowly ; and , minding this pre- caution , the sucking - bottle may now be dis- continued , and the spoon used in its stead : but more full instructions upon all the foregoing ...
... reference to the mode of giving it , the child must be fed slowly ; and , minding this pre- caution , the sucking - bottle may now be dis- continued , and the spoon used in its stead : but more full instructions upon all the foregoing ...
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... reference to treatment , is this ; that , although much may be done in the first instance by medicine , change of air , cold and sea bathing , yet the quickest and most effectual remedy is to wean the child , and thus remove the cause ...
... reference to treatment , is this ; that , although much may be done in the first instance by medicine , change of air , cold and sea bathing , yet the quickest and most effectual remedy is to wean the child , and thus remove the cause ...
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... reference to the moral qualifications of the applicant ; and if there is found to be any defect here , however healthy or otherwise desirable , the woman ought at once to be rejected . Temperance , cleanliness , a character for good ...
... reference to the moral qualifications of the applicant ; and if there is found to be any defect here , however healthy or otherwise desirable , the woman ought at once to be rejected . Temperance , cleanliness , a character for good ...
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... be felt two or three times a day for weeks after- wards . In reference to drying up the milk at the time of weaning , from the circumstance of the child being partially fed for some time before it is com- D 4 WEANING . 39.
... be felt two or three times a day for weeks after- wards . In reference to drying up the milk at the time of weaning , from the circumstance of the child being partially fed for some time before it is com- D 4 WEANING . 39.
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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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