No attempt has been made to alter the homely style in which the volume was originally written, nor to introduce material appropriate to a textbook of medicine but not to a guide for layreaders.

Such hints as are necessary for an emergency, or in the unavoidable absence of the medical man, are given throughout the volume, and I have fully kept in mind the fact that the book circulates freely in the Colonies, where medical help is not always obtainable, but where prompt action is urgently required.

LONDON: October 1876.

ROBERT WM. PARKER.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ON THE GREAT MORTALITY

OF CHILDREN, AND THE LESSONS WHICH THIS

KNOWLEDGE TEACHES.

SECT.

PART I.

MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN IN HEALTH.

CHAPTER I.

MATERNAL NURSING.

I. The Duty and Advantages of the Mother nursing her

Infant

II. Of Mothers who cannot suckle.

III. Of Mothers who ought not to suckle

IV. Rules for Nursing the Infant

V. Rules for the Health of the Nursing Mother

VI. The Injurious Effects to the Mother and Infant of

Undue and Protracted Suckling

VII. Of Weaning

CHAPTER II

OF WET-NURSES.

I. Choice of a Wet-Nurse

II. Diet of a Wet-Nurse

III. General Directions for the Management of a Wet-

Nurse

CHAPTER III.

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING.

SECT.

I. The Food suitable until the first Teeth appear.

II. The Food suitable after the first Teeth have appeared

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GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF INFANTS UP TO THE SECOND

YEAR, AND OF CHILDREN UP TO THE EIGHTH.

I. Management of the Infant during Teething

II. Hints on the Permanent Teeth

III. Other circumstances which assist in the early Detection

of Disease

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SECT.

CHAPTER XI,

ACCIDENTS AND DISEASES

WHICH MAY OCCUR AT BIRTH OR SOON AFTER.

I. Still-born

II. Injuries received during Birth

III. Bleeding from the Navel-String

IV. Ulceration, and Bleeding from the Navel

V. Jaundice

VI. Retention of Urine and Motions

VII. Swelling of the Breasts

VIII. Inflammation of the Eyes

IX. Hare-lip and Cleft-palate

X. Tongue-tied

XI. Moles and Marks on the Skin