The Mother and Her Child
by Lena K. Sadler William S. Sadler
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Chapters (608)(click to expand)
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- PART I THE MOTHER
- THE MOTHER AND HER CHILD
- PART I THE MOTHER
- CHAPTER I THE EXPECTANT MOTHER
- MOTHERHOOD THE HIGHEST CALLING
- MOTHERCRAFT PREPARATION
- EARLY MEDICAL SUPERVISION
- THE RESENTFUL MOTHER
- EARLY SIGNS OF PREGNANCY
- PROBABLE DATE OF DELIVERY
- CHAPTER II STORY OF THE UNBORN CHILD
- EMBRYOLOGICAL IGNORANCE
- THE STREAM OF LIFE
- THE PROCESS OF FERTILIZATION
- THE FIRST WEEKS OF LIFE
- LATER EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT
- AT THE END OF THREE MONTHS
- LAST WEEKS OF PREGNANCY
- CHAPTER III BIRTHMARKS AND PRENATAL INFLUENCE
- HEREDITARY TRAITS
- MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS
- EUGENIC SUPERSTITION
- CAUSES OF BIRTHMARKS
- ROLE OF THE PLACENTA
- SUGGESTION AND HEREDITY
- CHAPTER IV THE HYGIENE OF PREGNANCY
- EARLY PLANNING
- THE CLOTHING
- DIET
- WATER DRINKING
- EXERCISE
- REST
- FRESH AIR
- BATHING
- THE TEETH
- DIRECTIONS FOR SAVING URINE SPECIMENS
- THE BOWELS
- BRAN BREAD RECIPES
- CARE OF THE BREASTS
- THE MENTAL STATE
- CHAPTER V COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY
- MORNING SICKNESS
- HEARTBURN
- IRRITABILITY OF THE BLADDER
- LEUCORRHEA
- THREATENED ABORTION
- SUDDEN ABDOMINAL PAIN
- MISCARRIAGE
- CRAVINGS
- CONSTIPATION
- HEMORRHOIDS
- VARICOSE VEINS
- CRAMPS
- SWELLINGS
- GOITRE
- BACKACHE
- PERNICIOUS VOMITING
- INSOMNIA
- HEADACHE
- HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE
- CHAPTER VI TOXEMIA AND ITS SYMPTOMS
- TOXIC SYMPTOMS
- CONVULSIONS OF PREGNANCY
- CARDINAL SYMPTOMS OF TOXICITY
- HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE
- ECLAMPSIA PREVENTED
- CHAPTER VII PREPARATIONS FOR THE NATAL DAY
- THE FINAL WEEKS
- SELECTION OF THE HOME
- SANITARY PREMISES
- ENGAGING THE DOCTOR
- THE PLACE OF CONFINEMENT
- THE NURSE
- PREPARATIONS FOR A HOME DELIVERY
- THE PREPARATION OF THE SUPPLIES
- REQUISITES FOR THE HOSPITAL
- BABY'S NECESSITIES
- THE CONFINEMENT ROOM
- THE BED
- CHAPTER VIII THE DAY OF LABOR
- THE TIME OF WAITING
- FIRST SYMPTOMS OF LABOR
- THE PRELIMINARY BATH
- THE PROGRESS OF LABOR
- FALSE LABOR PAINS
- WHAT TO DO IN THE ABSENCE OF A DOCTOR
- CARE OF THE MOTHER
- CARE OF THE BABY
- CHAPTER IX TWILIGHT SLEEP AND PAINLESS LABOR
- THE PAIN OF LABOR
- PREPARATION FOR LABOR
- WHAT IS TWILIGHT SLEEP?
- TECHNIC OF "TWILIGHT SLEEP"
- THE CLAIMS OF "TWILIGHT SLEEP"
- DANGERS OF TWILIGHT SLEEP
- CONCLUSIONS REGARDING TWILIGHT SLEEP
- CHAPTER X SUNRISE SLUMBER AND NITROUS OXID
- OBSTETRIC FEAR
- NITROUS OXID—"LAUGHING GAS"
- ANALGESIA VS. ANESTHESIA
- EFFECTS OF NITROUS OXID
- METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
- CHLOROFORM AND ETHER
- CONCLUSIONS
- CHAPTER XI THE CONVALESCING MOTHER
- THE NURSE
- REST AND EXERCISE
- AFTER PAINS
- THE TEMPERATURE
- THE TOILET OF THE VULVA
- URINATION
- THE LOCHIA
- THE ABDOMINAL BINDER
- THE BOWELS
- CARE OF THE NIPPLES
- THE DIET
- GETTING UP
- COMPLICATIONS
- PART II THE BABY
- PART II THE BABY
- CHAPTER XII BABY'S EARLY DAYS
- MODERN METHODS
- THE HEAD
- CHEST, ABDOMEN, AND LEGS
- PULSE AND RESPIRATION
- THE WEIGHT
- THE SKIN
- THE CORD DRESSING
- THE EYES
- THE FIRST OIL BATH
- THE FIRST CLOTHING
- BABY'S FIRST NAP
- PUTTING TO THE BREAST
- THE URINE
- GENITALS OF THE MALE CHILD
- POST-OPERATIVE CARE OF CIRCUMCISION
- CARE OF THE FEMALE GENITALS
- HANDLING THE BABY
- THE EARLY BATHS
- REGARDING SOAP
- CARE OF THE UMBILICUS
- BIRTH REGISTRATION
- CHAPTER XIII THE NURSERY
- THE SEPARATE NURSERY
- NURSERY EQUIPMENT
- BABY'S BED
- THE CRIB
- THE SLEEPING BLANKET
- NURSERY HEATING AND VENTILATION
- BABY'S CORNER IN MOTHER'S ROOM
- CRIB SUBSTITUTES
- EXTRA HEAT TO THE CRIB
- LIGHTING BABY'S ROOM
- FRESH AIR
- THE BATH EQUIPMENT
- BATH TEMPERATURES
- NURSERY CLEANLINESS
- CHAPTER XIV WHY BABIES CRY
- NORMAL HEALTHY CRYING
- THE BIRTH CRY
- ABNORMAL CRYING
- THE HUNGER CRY
- THE CRY OF THIRST
- THE FRETFUL CRY
- THE PAIN CRY
- HABIT CRYING
- THE TEMPER CRY
- THE SPOILED BABY
- THE CRY OF SERIOUS ILLNESS
- THE COLICKY CRY
- COLIC IN THE BREAST-FED
- COLIC IN BOTTLE-FED BABIES
- COLIC AND CHILLINESS
- THE TREATMENT OF COLIC
- BABY CRIES BECAUSE:
- CHAPTER XV THE NURSING MOTHER AND HER BABE
- HYGIENE OF NURSING MOTHERS
- DIET OF THE NURSING MOTHER
- OBJECTIONABLE FOODS
- CAKED BREASTS
- SORE NIPPLES
- CONSTITUENTS OF MOTHER'S MILK
- THE TIME OF THE FIRST FEEDING
- WATER DRINKING
- REGULARITY IN FEEDING
- POSITION OF MOTHER DURING THE NURSING
- NURSING WHEN ANGRY AND OVERHEATED
- THE STOOLS
- SYMPTOMS OF SUCCESSFUL NURSING
- EARMARKS OF UNSUCCESSFUL NURSING
- AIDS TO THE MILK SUPPLY
- WHEN THE BABY SHOULD NOT BE NURSED
- THE WET NURSE
- CHAPTER XVI THE BOTTLE-FED BABY
- THE HOURLY SCHEDULE
- QUANTITY OF FOOD
- REFRIGERATOR NECESSITY
- HOMEMADE ICE BOX
- PREPARING THE BOTTLE
- POSITION DURING FEEDING
- TIME ALLOWANCE FOR ONE FEEDING
- AFTER THE FEED
- INTERVALS BETWEEN MEALS
- ADDITIONAL FOODS
- FOOD FOR THE TRAVELING BABE
- RULES FOR THE BOTTLE-FED
- CHAPTER XVII MILK SANITATION
- SUGAR
- ACIDITY
- CREAM
- HERD MILK
- SANITARY DAIRIES
- CERTIFIED MILK
- BOILING THE MILK
- PASTEURIZATION
- THE CARE OF BOTTLED MILK
- CHAPTER XVIII HOME MODIFICATION OF MILK
- PREPARATION FOR MODIFICATION
- BOTTLES AND NIPPLES
- CARE OF BOTTLES AND NIPPLES
- PREPARING THE FOOD
- DETAILS OF PREPARATION
- TABLE FOR INFANT FEEDING
- TOP-MILK FORMULA
- PEPTONIZED MILK
- BUTTERMILK
- CONDENSED MILK
- SPECIAL FOODS
- CHAPTER XIX THE FEEDING PROBLEM
- INFANT WELFARE
- CHOOSING A FORMULA
- THE BOTTLE-FED BABY
- MAKE CHANGES GRADUALLY
- COMMON MISTAKES IN FORMULAS
- SYMPTOMS OF DISSATISFACTION
- FLATULENCE
- VOMITING
- OVER-FEEDING
- WEIGHT
- THE STOOLS
- BOTTLE FEEDING AND CONSTIPATION
- DIARRHOEA
- REGULATION OF THE STOOLS
- MIXED FEEDING
- INFANT FEEDING PUZZLES
- INFANT FOODS
- CHAPTER XX BABY'S BATH AND TOILET
- THE FIRST WEEK
- GIVING THE BATH
- THE SECOND WEEK
- TEMPERATURE OF BATHS
- THE BATHING PLACE
- FREQUENCY OF BATHS
- BEST HOUR FOR BATHING
- SOAP AND WATER
- ROUTINE OF THE TUB BATH
- BABY'S DAILY RUB
- USE AND ABUSE OF TALCUM
- TONIC AND MEDICATED BATHS
- FEAR OF BATHS
- OUT OF DOOR BATHING
- MILK CRUST
- THE EYES, EARS, AND NOSE
- CARE OF THE MOUTH
- THE CARE OF THE GENITAL ORGANS
- CARE OF THE BUTTOCKS
- OTHER SPECIAL CARE
- CHAPTER XXI BABY'S CLOTHING
- GENERAL SUGGESTIONS
- BABY'S LAYETTE
- BANDS AND SHIRTS
- DIAPERS
- CHANGING THE DIAPER
- RUBBER DIAPERS
- STOCKINGS AND BOOTIES
- SKIRTS AND PETTICOATS
- NIGHTGOWNS, WRAPPERS, AND SLIPS
- SLEEPING BAG
- COMMON FAULTS WITH MOST LAYETTES
- ERRORS IN CLOTHING
- SHORT CLOTHES
- CAPS AND WRAPS
- THE FIRST SHOES
- PLAY SUITS
- WINTER GARMENTS
- CLOTHING RULES
- CHAPTER XXII FRESH AIR, OUTINGS, AND SLEEP
- INDOOR AIRING
- OUTDOOR LIFE
- BEST HOURS FOR AIRING
- THE COUNTRY BABY
- WHEN NOT TO TAKE BABY OUT
- WINTER OUTINGS
- OPEN WINDOWS
- SLEEP
- SLEEP REQUIREMENTS
- PUTTING BABY TO SLEEP
- BEDTIME AND SLEEPING POSITION
- WAKING UP AT NIGHT
- DAILY NAPS
- CHAPTER XXIII BABY HYGIENE
- WATER DRINKING
- URINATION
- EXERCISE
- KISSING THE BABY
- SUCKLING HABITS
- KEEP BABY WARM
- BABY'S TEMPERATURE
- BABY BOUNCING
- CARRIAGES AND GO-CARTS
- BOW LEGS
- LIFTING THE BABY
- PREVENTION OF FALLS
- THE BABY'S BREASTS
- VISITING
- THE RUNABOUT BABY
- TOYS
- CHAPTER XXIV GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
- SPECIAL SENSES
- HAIR AND SCALP
- MISSHAPEN HEADS
- THE SALIVA
- SENSATIONS AND RECOGNITION
- SITTING ALONE
- DENTITION
- APPEARANCE OF THE TEETH
- DENTAL SUGGESTIONS
- THE WEIGHT
- GENERAL DEVELOPMENT
- NORMAL BREAST WEANING
- NORMAL BOTTLE WEANING
- TRAINING THE BOWELS AND BLADDER
- BABY'S SPEECH
- DEFECTIVE SPEECH
- CALISTHENICS
- BOW LEGS AND WALKING
- SUMMARY OF BABY'S DEVELOPMENT
- DIET AFTER THE FIRST YEAR
- CANDY
- PART III THE CHILD
- PART III THE CHILD
- CHAPTER XXV THE SICK CHILD
- THE NURSE
- POSITION
- GESTURES
- SKIN COLOR
- FACIAL EXPRESSION
- THE HEAD
- THE CHEST
- THE ABDOMEN
- THE CRY
- COUGHING
- THE BREATHING
- THE PULSE
- THE TEMPERATURE
- THE MOUTH
- NURSING
- THE URINE
- THE STOOLS
- WHEN BABY GETS SICK
- FEEDING THE SICK BABY
- EXAMINING SICK CHILDREN
- TREATMENT OF SICK CHILDREN
- NURSING RECORDS
- BAD-TASTING MEDICINES
- TEMPERATURES AND PULSE
- FEVER
- CHAPTER XXVI BABY'S SICK ROOM
- LOCATION OF THE SICK ROOM
- NECESSARY FURNISHINGS
- THE NURSERY REFRIGERATOR
- SICK ROOM DISINFECTANTS
- THE MEDICINE CHEST
- PATENT MEDICINES
- AFTER THE SICKNESS IS OVER
- CHAPTER XXVII DIGESTIVE DISORDERS
- VOMITING
- COLIC
- CHRONIC INDIGESTION
- JAUNDICE
- WORMS
- HOOKWORM DISEASE
- DISORDERED STOMACH
- STOMATITIS OR THRUSH
- CONSTIPATION
- DIARRHEA
- TREATMENT OF DIARRHEA
- RUPTURE
- PROLAPSE OF THE BOWEL
- BLEEDING FROM THE NAVEL
- CHAPTER XXVIII CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
- CATCHING DISEASE
- THE SPREAD OF CONTAGION
- INCUBATION PERIODS
- TYPHOID FEVER
- MUMPS
- SCARLET FEVER
- MEASLES
- CHICKENPOX
- SMALLPOX
- VACCINATION
- DIPHTHERIA
- WHOOPING COUGH
- EYE INFECTIONS
- RUNNING EARS
- CHAPTER XXIX RESPIRATORY DISEASES
- WHY BABIES CATCH COLD
- CORYZA—COLD IN THE HEAD
- GRIPPE
- SORE THROAT
- ADENOIDS
- DISEASED TONSILS
- BRONCHITIS
- SPASMODIC CROUP
- PNEUMONIA
- CHAPTER XXX THE NERVOUS CHILD
- HEREDITARY NERVOUSNESS
- EARLY TRAINING
- SPOILING THE CHILD
- PLAYMATES
- TEACHING SELF-CONTROL
- CRIME AND INTEMPERANCE
- UNSPOILING THE CHILD
- PREVENTING HYSTERIA
- METHODS OF DISCIPLINE
- RESPECT FOR AUTHORITY
- FALSE SYMPATHY
- SYSTEM AND ORDER
- EMOTIONAL RUNAWAYS
- THE FINAL REWARD
- CHAPTER XXXI NERVOUS DISEASES
- SLEEPLESSNESS—INSOMNIA
- NIGHT TERRORS
- NERVOUSNESS
- HEADACHE
- CONVULSIONS—SPASMS
- NERVOUS TWITCHINGS
- RETENTION OF URINE
- BED WETTING
- MENINGITIS
- INFANTILE PARALYSIS
- SAINT VITUS' DANCE
- CONGENITAL DISORDERS
- CHAPTER XXXII SKIN TROUBLES
- CHAFING
- VULVOVAGINITIS
- ECZEMA
- ECZEMA TREATMENT
- HIVES AND FRECKLES
- RINGWORM
- BOILS
- FEVER BLISTERS
- WARTS
- BIRTHMARKS
- ERYSIPELAS
- SCABIES AND LICE
- CHAPTER XXXIII DEFORMITIES AND CHRONIC DISORDERS
- HARELIP AND CLEFT PALATE
- DEFORMED HANDS AND FEET
- SPINAL CURVATURE
- POTT'S DISEASE
- RHEUMATISM
- SCURVY
- ADENITIS—ENLARGED GLANDS
- RICKETS
- MALARIA
- TUBERCULOSIS
- SYPHILIS
- CHAPTER XXXIV ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES
- INSECT BITES AND STINGS
- DOG BITES AND SNAKE BITES
- SWALLOWING FOREIGN BODIES
- FOREIGN BODIES IN THE EYE
- FOREIGN BODIES IN EAR AND NOSE
- EARACHE
- NOSEBLEED
- CUTS AND TEARS
- PUNCTURED WOUNDS AND SLIVERS
- BRUISES
- FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS
- SPRAINS
- FROST BITES AND CHILBLAINS
- SWALLOWING POISONS
- BURNS
- FAINTING
- CHAPTER XXXV DIET AND NUTRITION
- ASSIMILATION OF FOOD
- ELIMINATION OF BODY WASTES
- ELEMENTS OF NUTRITION
- PROTEINS
- STARCHES
- FRUIT SUGARS
- FATS
- MINERAL SALTS
- CELLULOSE
- WATER
- ANIMAL HEAT
- FUEL VALUE OF FOODS
- DIET FOR CHILD TWO TO THREE YEARS OLD
- FOODS ALLOWED CHILDREN OF FOUR YEARS AND OLDER
- FOODS TO BE AVOIDED BY YOUNG CHILDREN
- EATING BETWEEN MEALS
- DAILY FOOD REQUIREMENT
- CHAPTER XXXVI CARETAKERS AND GOVERNESSES
- HOMEMAKING VS. HOUSEKEEPING
- MOTHERS IN THE PROFESSIONS
- WORK OUTSIDE THE HOME
- SELECTING A CARETAKER
- THE UP-TO-DATE MOTHER
- QUALIFICATIONS OF THE GOVERNESS
- HINTS FOR THE CARETAKER
- OVERCOMING BAD HABITS
- CHAPTER XXXVII THE POWER OF POSITIVE SUGGESTIONS
- EARLY FEARS
- FEAR OF NOISES
- FEAR OF DARKNESS
- THE FOLLY OF MAKING THREATS
- CHILDREN WHO ARE CALLED "COWARDS"
- THE GIRL WHO WOULD "TURN OUT BAD"
- WHAT HEALTHY FAITH-THOUGHT WILL DO
- THE POWER OF SUGGESTION
- BEDTIME A GOOD TIME TO SUGGEST
- NEVER ACCUSE CHILDREN OF DISHONESTY
- IT IS EASY TO FORM GOOD HABITS
- CHIVALROUS SPIRIT
- CHAPTER XXXVIII PLAY AND RECREATION
- JUVENILE PLAY DAYS
- OUTDOOR PLAY
- INDOOR GAMES
- THE "GOING TO SCHOOL" CHILD
- COMPANIONS
- THE "IN THE HOUSE" HOUR
- PARTIES
- PICNICS
- "MOVIES"
- VACATIONS
- ADOLESCENT DAYS
- ICE-CREAM PARLORS
- DANCING
- QUESTIONABLE PLAY
- CHAPTER XXXIX THE PUNY CHILD
- DIET AND HYGIENE
- IMPROVING THE APPETITE
- THE DAILY PROGRAM
- TREATMENT SUGGESTIONS
- CHAPTER XL TEACHING TRUTH
- A LESSON FROM NATURE
- THE ALL IMPORTANT POLLEN
- THE MORNING GLORY FAMILY
- HOW MOTHER NATURE WORKS
- THE SALMON FAMILY
- EARLY QUESTIONS
- ONE MOTHER'S AWAKENING
- DON'T GET SHOCKED
- DON'T REPULSE THE CHILD
- NECESSARY MORAL TRAINING
- SANTA CLAUS AND THE STORK
- STORY OF THE HUMAN BABY
- THE MATING STORY
- UNFOLDING THE TRUTH
- THE DOCTOR'S PART
- TRUSTING YOUR CHILD
- TEN POSSIBLE CAUSES OF SECRET VICE
- TRUTH VS. EXAGGERATION
- APPENDIX
- APPENDIX
- BATHS USED TO REDUCE FEVER
- TONIC BATHS
- THE NEUTRAL BATH
- FOMENTATIONS
- THE SOAP SHAMPOO
- MOIST ABDOMINAL BANDAGE
- HEATING COMPRESS
- MUSTARD PASTE
- THE OIL-SILK JACKET
- STEAM INHALATIONS
- LOTIONS FOR SORE MOUTH
- FOR NOSEBLEED
- THROAT GARGLES
- MOUTH WASH
- DISINFECTANTS
- POULTICES
- COUGH SYRUP
- LOTIONS FOR CHAPPED HANDS
- ECZEMA
- TABLE OF POISONS AND ANTIDOTES
- TABLE SHOWING THE AVERAGE WEIGHT, HEIGHT, AND CIRCUMFERENCE OF HEAD AND CHEST OF BOYS[6]
- ICHTHYOL SUPPOSITORIES
- OIL ENEMA
- TABLE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- HOT COLONIC FLUSHING
- ENEMAS
- EMETICS
- A CALORIE
- ACIDIFYING AND ALKALINIZING FOODS
- CEREAL WATERS, ETC.
- FRUIT JUICES
- LEMONADE AND EGGNOGS
- MILKSHAKE
- MEAT AND MEAT JUICES
- CODDLED EGG
- SOUPS
- BREADS
- INDEX
- INDEX
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