HOT COLONIC FLUSHING

The hot colonic flushing is particularly serviceable in combating the sick headaches of migraine. They should be taken at night just before retiring with the temperature of water as hot as can be borne, from 108 to 110 F. Half of the water is allowed to flow into the colon and is retained as long as possible. This brings the heat in close contact with the sympathetic nervous system whose headquarters is in the abdomen.

ENEMAS

Position for an Enema. Lie on left side, knees brought up against abdomen, with the left arm well underneath. This will relax the abdominal muscles and allow the water to pass upward more freely. The water should be allowed to flow until it is felt low on the right side.

The one, two, three enema is an injection that is used for the relief of gas in the bowel. It consists of the following: One part epsom salts, two parts glycerine, and three parts soap suds. It is introduced by the aid of the colon tube and retained as long as is possible.

Glycerine and soapy water, equal parts, may be introduced into the bowel for temporary relief of a persistent constipation.

In instances when feeding by the mouth is impossible, nutrient enemas should be given every three or four hours during the day. The absorption does not take place in the large bowel as readily as in the small intestines, so only a small amount of a more highly concentrated solution is given at one time. A child one year of age will be given one teaspoon, from one to four years of age a teaspoon to a tablespoon is allowed, and up to twelve years from one to eight tablespoons are given in the nutrient enema. Peptonized meat preparations may be employed in greater concentration than directed by the use of the mouth. Peptonized milk containing an egg is often used. The pepsin is added to the mixture only when warm, and is injected at once.

EMETICS

1. A glass of warm water containing as much common table salt as can be dissolved. 2. A teaspoon of mustard in a large glass of warm water. 3. A teaspoon of syrup of ipecac, repeated in fifteen minutes if necessary.

Any one of these emetics is useful in instances where it is desirable to empty the stomach at once.

A CALORIE

A calorie is the heat unit used in the estimation of the fuel value of various foods. For instance, an ordinary slice of homemade bread contains 100 calories. An ordinary fig contains almost 100 calories. A large orange or an apple or a glass of grape juice contains about 100 calories. There are 100 calories in three teaspoons of sugar or honey.

A complete food list with the estimation of calorie value of foods is found in The Science of Living, page 370, while on page 99 of the same book is a very helpful table showing the amounts of various foods required to equal 100 calories. The reader will find this exceedingly practical in estimating food values for the household.

ACIDIFYING AND ALKALINIZING FOODS

Since we find that in all acute diseases the acidity of the urine is greatly increased and in time of health it is less acid, we submit two lists of foods which tend to acidify the urine or to alkalinize the urine.

FOODS WHICH TEND TO ACIDIFY.

1. Animal Foods: All forms of flesh foods, fish, fowl, etc., including all kinds of meat broths, soups, beef tea, bouillon, etc.

2. Eggs. 3. Breadstuffs: All kinds of breads, whether made of wheat, rye or corn, crackers, toasts, griddle cakes, etc. 4. Pastries. All sorts of pies and cakes—except fruit pies, and other desserts containing milk or sour fruits.

5. Cereals: Rice, oatmeal, and breakfast foods of all kinds, including the flaked and toasted breakfast foods.

6. Peanuts, plums, prunes, and cranberries. Plums and cranberries fall in this column because of their benzoic acid, which the body cannot fully oxidize.

FOODS WHICH TEND TO ALKALINIZE.

1. Dairy Products: Milk, ice cream, cottage cheese, cheese, buttermilk, etc.

2. Potatoes and bananas.

3. Soups: All forms of vegetable and fruit soups and broths.

4. Fruit Juices: All the fresh fruit juices except plums.

5. Fresh Fruits: All fresh fruits, sweet and sour, except plums and cranberries.

6. Vegetables: All kinds, especially beets, carrots, celery, lettuce, and muskmelon.

7. Dried Fruits: Figs, raisins, dates, currants—all except prunes.

8. The Legumes: Beans, peas, and lentils.

9. The Nuts: All the nuts belong in this column, including almonds and chestnuts.

CEREAL WATERS, ETC.

It is often necessary to give the infant or the young child cereal water to replace food in occasions of summer diarrhoea, etc.

1. Barley Water.

One tablespoon of barley flour in one pint of water. Boil for one-half hour, strain, and add sufficient boiled water to make one pint.

2. Flaxseed Tea.

One tablespoon of flaxseed, one pint of boiling water; let stand and keep warm for one hour; strain. Add juice of lemon.

3. Oatmeal Jelly.

Four tablespoons of oatmeal, one pint of water; boil for three hours in double boiler, adding water from time to time; strain.

4. Toast Water.

One, two, or three slices of bread toasted dark brown, but not burned. Put in one quart of boiling water, cover, and strain when cold.

5. Arrowroot Water.

Wet two teaspoons of arrowroot with a little cold water, and rub until smooth; then stir into one pint of boiling water and boil for five minutes, stirring all the while.

6. Oatmeal Water.

One tablespoon of oatmeal to one pint of boiling water, cover and let simmer for one hour. Add water from time to time as it evaporates; strain.

7. Rice Water.

One tablespoon of (washed) rice to one pint of water. Boil three hours adding water from time to time.

FRUIT JUICES

Fruit juices are exceedingly beneficial all through life; particularly is this true during early childhood when the little ones are so likely to be constipated. Any of the fruit juices are good, particularly the juices from oranges, raisins, prunes, apples, pears, and cranberries. All these juices are better cooked than raw with the exception of orange juice. All children should have some fruit juice every day. For the very young baby the juices are strained through a wire strainer and a clean cheesecloth so as to remove every particle of solid matter, and there should be added an equal amount of cold, boiled water for the infant under ten months.

LEMONADE AND EGGNOGS

Lemonade, along with orangeade, grapefruitade and limeade should be used for children above a year. They should be well diluted and not too sweet.

Eggnogs are splendid for children who need to be helped along with their diet. They may be given at the close of the meal, never between meals—unless so prescribed by a physician. The stomach should have ample time to complete the work of digesting one meal before another partial meal is allowed to enter it. Eggnogs consist of a well-beaten egg into which there is placed a small amount of sugar, flavoring with either nutmeg, vanilla, or cinnamon, and the glass filled up with rich milk.

MILKSHAKE

Milkshake is a delightful drink. The white of an egg with one or two teaspoons of sugar, two tablespoons of chopped ice, flavoring, and one ounce of cream are briskly shaken in a milk-shaker for two minutes. Cold milk is added to fill the glass.

MEAT AND MEAT JUICES

Beef extracts are regarded by the medical profession as purely stimulants. Beef juice is practically without food value. In the preparation of beef juice the extractives and juices leave the fibre. The food is in the fibre of the meat. The extractives are purely of a stimulating order. We do not advocate the giving of beef tea and beef juices to children; as a rule, we think that cereal, gruels, strained soups, and milk are preferable.

The only reason for cooking meats is to destroy the parasites such as tapeworm, trichina, etc., which are so often found in the meat. The cooking of meat decreases its digestibility, as raw meat is more easily digested than cooked meat, but we feel it is necessary to advocate the cooking of meat in order to kill the parasites.

CODDLED EGG

A fresh egg, shell on, is placed in boiling water which is immediately after removed from the fire. The egg then cooks slowly in the water, which gradually cools, for seven or eight minutes, when the white should be about the consistency of jelly. For a delicate digestion the white only should be given, with salt; it can be easily separated from the yolk. The above is the best form of egg for the young child. Later on the eggs may be soft boiled or poached, or even soft scrambled.

SOUPS

Two varieties of soups are given children. In the early months of childhood, from six years to eighteen months, the soups are usually strained, but after eighteen months, soups may be thickened with flour and rich milk making a cream soup of it. Most vegetables make good soups. The pulp from such vegetables as asparagus, carrots, beans, peas, tomatoes, and potatoes are made into cream soups by the addition of a little flour, rich milk, butter, and a dash of salt.

BREADS

New breads should never be given to a child. Only bread twenty-four hours old should ever be given to a child under six years; it should be cut into slices and allowed to dry out; and even then is better if slightly toasted. We publish a recipe for bran bread and bran biscuits which are exceedingly good for children and adults.

Recipe for Bran Bread. Two eggs, beaten separately; three-fourths of a cup of molasses, with one round teaspoon soda; one cup of sour cream; one cup of sultana seedless raisins; one cup of wheat flour, with one heaping teaspoon baking powder; two cups of bran; stir well and bake one hour.

Bran Biscuits. Mix one pint of bran, one-half pint of flour, and one level teaspoon of baking soda. Mix one-half pint of milk and four tablespoons of molasses. Add this to the bran mixture and bake in gem pans.



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INDEX

Abortion, advice on occurrence of, 39; care needed at third month of pregnancy, 38; consequences of, 7, 8; defined, 39; remedy for threatened, 38; warning signs of, 38. See also Miscarriage; Pregnancy

Adenitis, 345

Adenoids, 303

Air, supply of fresh, for baby, 213-17, 219

Baby, care of the: Abdomen, shape of, at birth, 105; advice in care of baby, 377-78; bathing, 107-8, 111-12, 190-201; bed for, arrangement of, 108, 115; bouncing harmful, 226; bowels and bladder, training of, 242; breast of baby, care of, 229; buttocks, care of, 200; chafing, how prevented, 201, 333; chest, shape of, 105; circumcision, when desirable, 110; clothing of the, 108; constipation, 279; cord, dressing of, 107; diet after first year, 245-47; ears, treatment of, 198-99; exercise of baby, 223; eyes, treatment of, 107, 198-99; falls, to be prevented, 228; feeding the, 109; genitals of the, how cared for, 110, 200; habits to be guarded against, 378; hair, treatment of, 201, 233; handling, 111; head, treatment of, 104, 233, 344; legs of, at birth, 105; lifting the baby, how accomplished, 228; mouth, treatment of, 199; necessities for newborn baby, 60-61, 64; nose, treatment of, 198-99; pulse and respiration, 105; putting to sleep, 127, 217; registration of birth of, 113; respiration, how started at birth, 105-6; second summer, care during, 230; skin of baby, 106; stools, regulation of, 142; temperature of baby, 226; the "spoiled" baby, 128; things bad for babies, list of, 377; treatment of baby during and after birth, 67, 69; umbilicus, how cared for, 112; urine of baby, 109, 223; warmth necessary, 225; water, how and when administered, 140, 222; weight of baby at birth, 106; when to give first feeding, 70. See also Colic; Crying; Nursery; Nursing the baby; Sleep; Urine; see also under several diseases

Babyhood, 1

Backache, cause of, 43; method of relief for, 43-44

Bathing the baby, toilet, etc., 190-201. See also Baby, care of the

Bed for baby. See Baby, care of the; Sleep

Bed-wetting, 328. See also Urine

Birthmarks, discussion of, 16, 17, 18, 40, 338

Bites, of dogs, snakes, cats, etc., 349

Blindness, precautions to avoid, in new-born infant, 69, 331. See also Baby, care of the

Blisters (fever), 338

Blood-pressure, 46; observation of, 3

Boils, 337

Bottle feeding, additional foods, 153; bottle, preparation of, 149; ice-box, home-made, 148; intervals between meals, 153; nipple, how withdrawn, 152; position of baby during feeding, 150-51; quantity of food, 148; refrigeration a necessity, 148; rules for, 154; schedule for, 147; stomach, capacity of, 148; time allowance for, 152; traveling, food for baby while, 153; treatment of baby after, 152; water, when and how administered, 147

Bowel, prolapse of the, 283

Bow legs, how avoided, 228

Bran bread, recipes for, 448

Bravery, how to instil in a child, 382-84

Breasts, caked (mastitis), care of, 100, 136 ff.; changes in, a sign of pregnancy, 4; care of, during pregnancy, 33. See also Pregnancy

Bronchitis, 304

Bruises, 354

Burns, 358

Calisthenics, how applied, 244

Caretaker (for children), 376-77

Carriages and go-carts, 227

Chafing, 333. See also Baby, care of the

Chicken-pox, 294-95

Chilblains, 356

Child culture, 1

Cleft palate, 341

Clothing the baby, bands, 204; booties, 206; caps, 210; diapers, 204; errors in clothing, 208; layette, the, 203-208; nightgowns, wrappers, and slips, 207; rules for, 212; shirts, 204; shoes, 210; short clothes, 209; skirts and petticoats, 206; sleeping-bag, 207; stockings, 206; suggestions for, 202; suits for play, 210; winter garments, 211; wraps, 210

Clubfoot, 342

Colds, 300, 301

Colic, causes and treatment of, 129-32, 142, 274

Confinement, bed and accessories, 61-62, 64; calculation of date of, 5, 6; preparations for, 53 ff., 57; supplies needed for, 58 ff.; room for, 61. See also Labor

Constipation, treatment of, 31, 40; in baby, 184, 185, 279

Contagious diseases, how contracted, 285; incubation period of various, 287; spread of, 286. See also under various diseases

Convulsions, 326

Coughing, 255

Cramps, 41

Croup, 306

Crying, abnormal, 124; birth cry, 123; cause of, 132; colicky cry, 129; fretful cry, 125; habit cry, 127; healthy crying, 123; hunger cry, 124; illness cause of, when, 129; pain cry, 126; "spoiled-baby" crying, 128; temper cry, 128; thirst cry, 124

Cuts, wounds, etc., 353

Deaf-mutism, 331

Deafness, 302

Deformities, causes of, 17

Delivery, calculation of date of, 5, 6

Depressors, function of, 9, 15

Determiners, function of, 9, 15

Development of child, 240-41

Diarrhoea, 185, 280

Diet: Appetite, improvement of the, 401; assimilation, 360; baby, diet of, 245-47; cellulose, 365; eating between meals, 368; elimination, 360-62; fats, 364; food requirement (daily), 369; foods, full value of, 366; for children, 367; fruit sugars, 363; hygiene, 400; mineral salts, 364; nutrition, 362; proteins, 363; starches, 363; treatment of child, daily program for, 402-4; water, 365. See also Feeding the baby; Nursing the baby

Digestion: Disorder of, chronic indigestion, 275; stomach, disordered, 278; stomatitis or thrush, 279; vomiting, 274. See also under various diseases

Diphtheria, 296

Discipline, methods of, 316-22

Dislocations and fractures, 254

Doctor, choice of, 55

Earache, 351

Ears, running, 299

Eclampsia, 47, 48; prevention of, 50. See also Urine

Eczema, 334-35

Embryonic development, 11, 12

Enema, how administered, 280

Exercise, necessity of, during pregnancy, 27

Exercise of baby, 223

Eye infections, 298

Eyes, ears, and nose, care of, 198; foreign bodies in, 351

Fainting, 359

Fear, overcoming of, in children, 380-82

Feeble-mindedness, 331

Feeding the baby: Bottle-fed baby, healthy characteristics of, 178; changes in food to be gradual, 179; constipation, how treated, 185, 279; diarrhoea, cause of, 185, 280; dissatisfaction, signs of, 181; flatulence, 182; formula, choice of, for, 178; infant foods, 187-89; mistakes in formulas, 180; mixed feeding, 186; overfeeding, 183; vomiting, 182; weight of baby, 183. See also Diet; Milk; Nursing the baby

Fertilization, process of, 8, 9

Fever, 264. See also Sickness of child

Flatulence. See Feeding the baby

"Flour ball," how prepared, 175

Foods, for baby, 153, 165-76; full value of, 366. See also Bottle feeding; Infant foods; Milk

Freckles, 336

Frostbites, 356

Games for children, 392

Germ plasm, 8

Glands, enlarged, 345

Goitre, 42

Governesses, 370-75

Grippe, 302

Habits, inculcation of good, 380-89

Harelip, 341

Headache, in children, 326; relief for, during pregnancy, 45; sign of auto-intoxication during pregnancy, 47

Heartburn, care for, 36

Hemorrhoids, treatment of, 41

Heredity, effect of, on individual, 9, 14; extent of influence of, 14, 15, 19, 20

Hip-joint disease, 343

Hives, 336

Homemaking, 370-75

Hookworm, 278

Hospital, recommended for confinement, 55-56; requisites for, 60

Housekeeping, 370-75

Hygiene, of baby, 222-31; of child, 400-4. See also Diet

Hysteria, prevention of, 315

Indigestion, 275

Infant foods, 187-89. See also Feeding the baby; Nursing the baby

Infant welfare, 178

Insects, bites of, 348

Insomnia, relief for, 45; in children, 323

Itch, the, 339-40

Jaundice, 276

Kissing the baby, precautions against, 224

Labor, analgesia in, 86; anesthesia in, 84-92; bath, preliminary, 64; care of mother during and after, 67-68; chloroform and ether, administration of, 91; duration of, 65; duties of nurse before and during, 67; "false pains" in, 66; fear in, importance of allaying, 84; laughing gas (nitrous oxid), administration of, 85; effect of, 87; pain of, 71, 84-85; preparations for, 64-65, 67, 72-73; progress of, 65; second stage of, 66; "sunrise slumber" in, 84-90; symptoms of approaching, 64; third stage of, 66; "twilight sleep" in, 71-72, 73-83; what to do in, before arrival of doctor, 67

Layette. See Clothing of baby

Leucorrhea, relief for, 37-38

Lice, 339

Lime water, use of, in baby's food, 173

Lochia, the, 97

Lying-in period, the, 93; abdominal binder, 97; "after-pains," 95; bowels, care of, 98; breast binder, 97; "cold-mitten friction" during, 95; cystitis, how avoided, 100; diet, rules for the, 98; getting up from bed, when to be permitted, 99; hemorrhage, treatment of, 100; infection, advice for treatment of, 100; lochia, the, 97; nipples, care of, 98; nurse, duties of, during, 93; pneumonia, how avoided, 100; rest and exercise during, 94; temperature of mother, 96; toilet of the vulva, 96

Malaria, 346

Maternal instinct, the, 1

Maternal impressions, explained and discussed, 16

Measles, 293-94

Medical supervision in early days of pregnancy, 2

Medicine chest, the, 270

Meningitis, 329

Menstruation, cessation of, a sign of pregnancy, 4; cessation of, due to other causes than pregnancy, 4; passage of ovum at time of, 9. See also Pregnancy

Milk, acidity, how counteracted, 158; analysis of cow's, 156; analysis of mother's, 156; annatto, test for, 159; boiling, when necessary, 161; bottled milk, care of, 163; bottles, care of, 166; buttermilk, when used, 174; certified milk, 161; condensed milk, how used, 175; cow's milk, modification of, 157; cream gauge, 158; cream, gravity of, 172; dairy, essentials of a good, 159; "flour ball," the, 175; food, special, 175; formulas for feeding, 171, 173; goat's milk, use of, 157; herd milk desirable, 159; lactometer, 158; lime water, use of, 173; "modification" of cow's milk, 165; nipples, care of, 166; pasteurization of, 162; peptonized, 174; preparation of, 168-70; schedule for feeding, 171; seven per cent milk, 173; spores, how guarded against, 163; sterilization of, 162; sugar, use of, with, 157; "top-milk" formula, 172; whey, how used, 176. See also Feeding the baby

Milk crust, 198

Miscarriage, care needed at seventh month of pregnancy, 39; causes of, 39; defined, 390. See also Abortion; Pregnancy

Monstrosities, causes of, 17

Moral training of child, 415-24

Morning sickness, a sign of pregnancy, 4; remedies for, 35 ff.; vomiting (pernicious), 44. See also Pregnancy

Mothercraft, 1; science of, 2, 370-75

Motherhood, characterized, 1; preparation for, 2

Mouth of baby, care of, 199

Mouth wash for use during pregnancy, 30

"Mulberry Mass," the, 11

Mumps, 291

Nails, ingrowing, 342

Nature, lessons from, in teaching children, 405-12

Navel, bleeding from the, 284

Nervousness, hereditary (in child), 308-10; how overcome, 310-14, 323-32

Nervous system, absence of connection between, of mother and child, 18

Nitrous oxid, effects of, 87-90

Nosebleed, 352

Nurse, choice of, 56-57

Nursery, bath equipment, 121; bed, arrangement of, 108, 115, 119; cleanliness, necessity for, 122; equipment of, 114; heating and ventilation, 118; lighting, 120; refrigerator, 268; sleeping blanket, 118; ventilation of, 120

Nursing the baby, caked breasts, 136-37; diet of mother, 135; foods to be avoided by mother, 136; hygiene of nursing mother, 134; importance of, 133; irritability of mother, effect of, 142; mastitis (caked breast), treatment for, 100; milk supply, how increased, 143; mixed feeding, 186; mother's milk, constituents of, 139; overheating of mother to be guarded against, 142; position of mother when, 141; regularity in feeding, 141; sore nipples, how treated, 138; stools, regulation of, 142; successful or unsuccessful, how determined, 142-43; time of first feeding, 139; to be avoided, when, 144; water, administering, 140; wet nurse, the, 145. See also Bottle feeding; Diet

Ovary, the, 8

Ovum, development of, into foetus, 11, 12

Paralysis, infantile, 330

Parents, relation of to children, 413-24

Pernicious vomiting. See Morning sickness

Physician, selection of, for treatment during pregnancy, 21-22

Pigeon toe, 342

Placenta, role of, 18

Play and recreation, 390-91

Playmates of children, 311

Pneumonia, 307

Poisons and antidotes, 356-58

Pott's disease, 343

Pregnancy: Bathing, necessity of, during, 29; blood-pressure in, 49, 50, 52; breasts, care of the, 33; cheerful anticipation, advantages of, 4; clothing appropriate during, 22; constipation, how avoided during, 31-33, 40; convulsions, treatment for, 48; craving for special food, in, 40; diet during, 24 ff.; dizziness during, 47; duration of, 5, 12; exercise, necessity of, 27; fresh air, necessity of, 29; goitre in, 42; hemorrhoids, treatment of, 41; hygiene of, 21 ff.; irritation of the bladder, 37; kidney complications, 3; medical supervision in early days of, 2; mental state during, how regulated, 33; miscarriage, danger of, at seventh month, 39; morning sickness, remedies for, 35; progress of, 11, 12; quickening, 5; resentfulness of mother, consequences of, 3; rest, necessity of, 28; signs of, 4; swellings in, 42, 47; teeth, care of, during, 30; urine, diminution of, 47; urine, testing of, 30; vision, blurring of, the, 47; water, necessity of, in, 26. See also Abortion; Miscarriage

Puerperium. See Lying-in period

"Quickening," 5. See also Pregnancy

Rheumatism, 344

Rickets, 345

Ringworm, 337

Rupture, 283

Saint Vitus' Dance, 330

Saliva, flow of, not indicative of teeth-cutting, when, 233

Scalds, 358

Scarlet fever, 292-93

Scurvy, 344

Senses of new born baby, 232, 233

Shortening clothes of baby. See Clothing the baby

Sickness of the child: Abdomen in sickness, 254; breathing, 256; chest in sickness, 254; convalescence, 272-73; cough, the, 255; cry of infant in sickness, 255; disinfectants for sick room, 269; examination of sick child, 260; facial expression, 254; feeding directions, 259; fever, 264; gestures indicating sickness, 253; head indicates sickness, 254; medicine chest, the, 270; medicines, 263; mouth, the, 257; nurse, the, 251; nursing records, 262; patent medicines, 271; position of, in sickness, 252; pulse, the, 257; sick room, location of, etc., 266; skin color, 253; stools, the, 258; swallowing, 258; temperature and pulse, 263; temperature, the, 257; treatment of sick child, 261; urine, the, 258. See also under several diseases

Skin troubles, 333

Sleep: Air, supply of fresh, 213-17, 219; bed-clothes, 219; bedtime for baby, 218; daily naps, 221; food, effect of, on, 220; position of baby in, 218; putting baby to, 127, 217; requirements of, by baby, 217; soothing syrups, 220; waking up in night, 219

Smallpox, 295

Soothing syrups, 220

Sore throat, 302

Spasms, 326

Speech of baby, 243

Sperm, blending of, with ovum, 11

Spinal curvature, 342-44

Spoiling the child, 310

Sprains, 355

Stools of baby, 184, 185

Stream of life, the, 8

Sucking habits in baby, to be guarded against, 224, 378

Suggestion, effect of, 19, 380-89

Summer complaint, 278. See also Diarrhoea; Dysentery

Sunrise slumber. See Labor

Suppressors, function of, 9, 15

Swallowing of bones, buttons, etc., 350

Syphilis, 346, 347

Teeth, care of, during pregnancy, 30

Teething, 234-37; suggestions for treatment during, 237

Thrush, 279

Tonsils, diseased, 303; tonsilitis, 302

Toys, selection of, 230

Tuberculosis, 346

Twilight sleep. See Labor

Twitchings, 327. See also Nervousness, hereditary

Typhoid fever, 288-91

Umbilical cord, function of, 18

Uremic poisoning. See Urine

Urine: Albumin and casts in, 47, 50; bed-wetting, 328; diminution of, during pregnancy, 47; disturbance in, a sign of pregnancy, 4, 5; eclampsia, 3; examination of, 3; irritation of the bladder, 37; retention of, by child, 328; testing of, during pregnancy, 30, 42, 45, 49, 55; toxemia, indications of, 48; uremic poisoning, 3; urinating after labor, 97; urination of baby, 223; urine an index of disease or sickness, 258. See also Pregnancy; Sickness of child

Uterus, entrance of fertilized ovum into, 9, 10

Vaccination, 295

Varicose veins, 41

Vice, secret, causes of, 421

Vomiting, 274. See also Digestion, disorders of; Feeding the baby

Vulva, toilet of the, 96

Vulvovaginitis, 334

Walking of baby, 244

Warts, 338

Water: Administered to baby, when, 222; necessity of, during pregnancy, 26, 45, 48, 50; part played by in nutrition of body, 365

Water on brain, 331

Weaning: Breast-fed babies, 241; bottle-fed babies, 241

Weight of baby, 183, 238-39

Whooping cough, 297

Worms, 276

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