Volume 1

Medical essays / by T.R. Allinson.

  • Allinson, T. R. (Thomas Richard)
Date:
1892
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Credit: Medical essays / by T.R. Allinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    offspring delicate. The fact that many mothers will not let their children go out to play without they wear an over¬ coat and a muffler is deplorable The muffled-up child cannot exercise properly, it soon perspires, is easily fatigued, and quickly takes cold. Had the child gone out in its ordinary clothing it would have been able to play about freely, the perspiration would escape easily, and the child would be pounds better for the exercise. Over-dressed children have pale suffering faces, in contradistinction to the red, rosy faces of less dressed ones. Of the two evils, under-dressing or too little clothing is less harmful than too much. If a child is cold clothes will not give heat, they only retain heat. Exercise is the best warmer and the most natural. Walking. ■ Children rarely begin to walk before nine months; and they may not do so until 12 or 18 months old. Leave them alone, do not force them to walk before they try for themselves, otherwise you may do them harm. If children are given the foods recommended in former articles they will not suffer from crooked legs. But if a child has bowed legs already, then feed on the foods I name above, and do not make him run about too much, but leave him to crawl or do what he will. Teeth. The teeth usually begin to come through about the sixth month ; some few before, but the majority after this period. When a child is brought up by the rules I have laid down there will be no trouble with the teeth, they will slowly come through, and be cut without any upset to the system. The first sign of cutting the teeth is the dribbling of saliva from the mouth. The gums next feel hotter than usual, a whitish spot is seen on the gum, and lastly the tooth appears. When children are fed with solid foods before the teeth appear then convulsions, feverishness, and other troubles occur during the time of cutting them. Many mothers are troubled because their children do not cut their teeth as early as other people’s children. This backwardness can-