The maternal management of children, in health and disease
by Thomas Bull
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ON THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD.The line of demarcation made between infancy and childhood, both by ancient and modern writers, has always been arbitrary. I would draw the line between the two, at a period of time which appears to me to be the most natural, the most simple, and least likely to lead the reader into the danger of misapplying any part of the practical directions of this, or any future chapter of the work. We will consider, then, that--Infancy, commencing with birth, extends to about the end of the second year, when the first dentition is completed.Childhood ext...
Chapters (69)
- CONTENTS.
- Chapter I.
- ON THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD.
- ON THE USE AND ABUSE OF CERTAIN REMEDIES.
- ON TEETHING, AND HINTS UPON THE PERMANENT TEETH.
- HINTS FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OP DISEASE IN THE CHILD BY THE MOTHER.
- ON WHAT CONSTITUTES THE MATERNAL MANAGEMENT OF THE DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
- 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.
- HINTS FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF DISEASE IN THE CHILD BY THE MOTHER.
- 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.
- ON WHAT CONSTITUTES THE MATERNAL MANAGEMENT OF THE DISEASES OF CHILDREN.
- STILL-BORN.
- 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 THE SKIN, ETC.
- INDIGESTION, FLATULENCE, VOMITING, GRIPING, AND LOOSENESS.
- 1. TO THE INFANT AT THE BREAST.
- 2. AT THE PERIOD OF WEANING.
- 3. TO THE CHILD BROUGHT UP BY HAND.
- MATERNAL TREATMENT OF THE DISORDERS OF THE STOMACH AND BOWELS.
- 1. IN INFANCY.
- 2. IN CHILDHOOD.
- SECT. IV.—WORMS.
- INDEX.
- THE END.
- HINTS TO MOTHERS
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