Practical hints on district nursing / by Amy Hughes.

  • Hughes, Amy.
Date:
1898
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Credit: Practical hints on district nursing / by Amy Hughes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    precaution must be forcibly brought home to the people. In cases where the taste of boiled milk is disagreeable, it may be placed in a closely covered jar and subjected to continued heat without boiling by standing the jar in a sauce- pan of water and letting it simmer for about an hour. Another evil constantly encountered by dis- trict nurses is that of children being suckled at the age of sixteen and eighteen months, and even up to two years old. This should be ur- gently represented to the mothers as most prejudicial both to themselves and their children. The custom has its source in a well-established tradition, and the mistake is very difficult to combat. But, like all these popular ideas founded on a small particle of fact, it is erroneous, and leads to incalculable mischief to mother and child. It is a source of gastric and intestinal troubles for the children, who are never so healthy as those weaned at ten to twelve months old. The drain upon the mother's constitution is too great, and weakens her permanently, thus react- ing again unfavourably upon her children. Many a rickety child might be saved its suffer- ing, and the mother her care and anxiety, if she possessed the proper knowledge to bring it up healthily. Abuse of Stimulants. Some knowledge of the evil effects of stimulants