The Care and Feeding of Children / A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses
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- THE CARE AND FEEDING OF CHILDREN
- A CATECHISM FOR THE USE OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN'S NURSES
- L. EMMETT HOLT, M.D., LL.D.
- PROFESSOR OF DISEASES OF CHILDREN IN THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS (COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY) ATTENDING PHYSICIAN TO THE BABIES' HOSPITAL AND THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL, NEW YORK Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged
- 1907
- CONTENTS
- THE CARE AND FEEDING OF CHILDREN
- BATHING
- GENITAL ORGANS
- EYES
- MOUTH
- SKIN
- CLOTHING
- NAPKINS
- NURSERY
- AIRING
- WEIGHT, GROWTH, AND DEVELOPMENT
- DENTITION
- NURSING
- WEANING
- ARTIFICIAL FEEDING
- THE SELECTION AND CARE OF MILK USED FOR INFANT FEEDING
- THE MODIFICATION OF COW'S MILK
- FOOD FOR HEALTHY INFANTS[3]—THE EARLY MONTHS
- First Series Formulas for the Early Months from 10-per-cent Milk
- Second Series Formulas for the Early Months from 7-per-cent Milk
- FOOD FOR HEALTHY INFANTS—THE LATER MONTHS
- Third Series Formulas for the Early Months from 7-per-cent Milk
- GENERAL RULES FOR GUIDANCE IN THE USE OF THE FORMULAS GIVEN
- THE ADDITION OF OTHER FOODS TO MILK
- OVERFEEDING
- LOSS OF APPETITE
- THE CHANGES IN THE FOOD REQUIRED BY SPECIAL SYMPTOMS OR CONDITIONS
- Fourth Series Formulas from Plain Milk (containing 4-per-cent Fat)
- COMMON MISTAKES IN MILK MODIFICATION AND INFANT FEEDING
- PREPARATION OF COW'S MILK AT HOME
- DIRECTIONS FOR FEEDING INFANTS
- INTERVALS OF FEEDING
- Schedule for Feeding Healthy Infants during the First Year
- REGULARITY IN FEEDING
- STERILIZED MILK
- MODIFIED MILK OF THE MILK LABORATORIES
- PEPTONIZED MILK
- FEEDING DURING THE SECOND YEAR
- FEEDING DURING THE THIRD YEAR
- MILK AND CREAM
- EGGS
- MEAT AND FISH
- VEGETABLES
- CEREALS
- BROTHS AND SOUPS
- BREAD, CRACKERS AND CAKES
- DESSERTS
- FRUITS
- INDIGESTION IN OLDER CHILDREN
- GENERAL RULES TO BE OBSERVED IN FEEDING
- FOOD FORMULAS
- THE BOWELS
- SLEEP
- EXERCISE
- THE CRY
- LIFTING CHILDREN
- THE TEMPERATURE
- NERVOUSNESS
- TOYS
- KISSING
- CONVULSIONS
- FOREIGN BODIES
- COLIC
- EARACHE
- CROUP
- CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
- SCURVY
- CONSTIPATION
- DIARRHOEA
- BAD HABITS
- VACCINATION
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