The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease. Thomas Bull

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066133702

Table of Contents

       PREFACE.

       Chapter I.

       THE MATERNAL MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN.

       Chapter I.

       ON THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD.

       1. MATERNAL NURSING.

       DEFICIENCY OF MILK.

       THE INJURIOUS EFFECTS TO THE MOTHER AND INFANT OF UNDUE AND PROTRACTED. SUCKLING.

       OF MOTHERS WHO OUGHT NEVER TO SUCKLE.

       2. WET-NURSE SUCKLING.

       CHOICE OF A WET-NURSE.

       DIET AND REGIMEN OF A WET-NURSE.

       3. ARTIFICIAL, FEEDING, OR BRINGING UP BY HAND.

       THE KIND OF ARTIFICIAL FOOD BEFORE THE SIXTH MONTH.

       THE KIND OF ARTIFICIAL FOOD AFTER THE SIXTH MONTH, TO THE COMPLETION. OF FIRST DENTITION.

       THE KIND OF ARTIFICIAL DIET MOST SUITABLE UNDER THE DIFFERENT. COMPLAINTS TO WHICH INFANTS ARE LIABLE.

       ON THE USE AND ABUSE OF CERTAIN REMEDIES.

       CASTOR OIL

       MANNA.

       MAGNESIA AND RHUBARB.

       THE LAVEMENT.

       THE APERIENT LINIMENT.

       THE COLD WATER PLUNGE BATH.

       SEA BATHING.

       THE SHOWER BATH.

       ABLUTION, OR SPONGING.

       THE WARM BATH.

       RULES FOR THE USE OF THE WARM BATH.

       MANAGEMENT OF THE INFANT WHEN TEETHING IS WITHOUT DIFFICULTY.

       THE MANAGEMENT OF THE INFANT IN DIFFICULT TEETHING.

       SECT. II. HINTS UPON THE PERMANENT OR ADULT TEETH.

       THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY APPEAR.

       THEIR VALUE AND IMPORTANCE.

       THEIR MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION.

       CHAP. IV.

       OF THE COUNTENANCE.

       OF THE GESTURES.

       OF THE SLEEP.

       OF THE STOOLS.

       OF THE BREATHING AND COUGH.

       SECT. III.—OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH WILL ASSIST IN THE EARLY DETECTION. OF DISEASE.

       INJURIES RECEIVED DURING BIRTH.

       RETENTION OF URINE.

       SWELLING OF THE BREASTS.

       INFLAMMATION OF THE EYES.

       HARE-LIP.

       BLEEDING FROM THE NAVEL-STRING.

       ULCERATION OR IMPERFECT HEALING OF THE NAVEL.

       BLEEDING FROM THE NAVEL.

       JAUNDICE.

       MOLES AND MARKS ON