Book for mothers on the management of children in health and in disease / by A. M. Usher ; with introduction by Francis B. Rutter.

  • Usher, A. M.
Date:
1913
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Credit: Book for mothers on the management of children in health and in disease / by A. M. Usher ; with introduction by Francis B. Rutter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    utensils and Cut them* 1 always get enamelled tin ones * for the nursery, and when they get chipped I give them away, and get new ones. They are quite cheap, and can be got at any ironmongers’, in all sizes. Some people like the little chairs, but very often children are left sitting on them too long, which is not good for a child. Do not give open- ing medicine frequently, as it is very irritating to wind, the bowels. If a baby or young child is suffering from “ wind,” with pain in the bowels, rub the part over the bowels gently, round and round, from right to left, with the warm hand, or give a warm bath, and an aperient if the bowels have not acted. Dill-water is sometimes given young babies who are suffering from wind, but it is best not to give much. It is natural for babies to get “ wind,” and to frequently throw up a little milk, so keep a clean bfbies handkerchief always ready to wipe the little “ sicks ” away. It is wise to provide half a dozen hand- kerchiefs for baby’s use, as it is not nice for them to have other people’s used ones. As a baby gets older he often dribbles a great deal, and needs one or two clean bibs each day. Pains and Sometimes a child suffers from “gripings”; he gripmgs. cr*es anq tdcpS) ancf won’t feed, and keeps straining with no result, or else, if he has a motion, it is slimy, or curdled, or in very hard lumps. In either case, a dose or two of Dinneford’s magnesia and a warm bath will generally afford relief; or flannels can be wrung out in hot water, and then laid on over the bowels, just as warm as the child can bear them comfortably; wrap him in a warm blanket for half an hour, and he will probably go to sleep.