CHAPTER XXI. CHARACTERISTICS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE AVERAGE NEW-BORN BABY. New Functions. Description. Growth and Development. Weight. Height. Head and Chest. Fontanelles. Teeth. Stools and Urine. Skin. Tears. General Behavior.

CHAPTER XXII. NURSING CARE OF THE NEW-BORN BABY. Mortality of First Months and Year of Life. Preventable Causes. Dangers of Babyhood. Essential Features of Early Care. Daily Schedule. Bath. Clothes. Fresh Air. Exercise. Training the Baby. Bowels. Thumb-sucking. Ear-pulling. Crying. Ruminating. Feeding: Breast Feeding. Artificial Feeding. Necessary Characteristics of Artificial Food. Requirements for Milk Used. Articles Needed in Preparing Food. Preparation of Milk. Pasteurization. Boiling. Giving the Bottle. Ingredients of Food. Percentage Feeding. Average Formulae. Mixed Feeding. Commercial Baby Foods. Proprietary Foods, Canned Milks, Milk Powders. Other Articles of Food Sometimes Included in Baby Diet. Travelling. The Premature Baby. Summer Care of the Baby.

CHAPTER XXIII. COMMON DISORDERS AND ABNORMALITIES OF EARLY INFANCY. Malnutrition, Marasmus and Inanition. Diarrheal Diseases: Acute Gastro-enteritis. Symptoms. Treatment and Nursing Care. Acidosis. Colic, Constipation, Convulsions, and Vomiting. Infections: Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Symptoms, Treatment, and Nursing Care. Syphilis. Thrush, or Sprue. Impetigo. Pemphigus. Vaginitis. Abnormalities: Icterus or Jaundice. Cephalhematoma. Club Foot. Engorgement of Breasts. Hare Lip. Cleft Palate. Hernia.

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