Part 3 — INDEX

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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additional foods, 153; bottle, preparation of, 149; ice-box, home-made, 148; intervals between meals, 153; nipple, how withdrawn, 152; position of baby during feeding, 150-51; quantity of food, 148; refrigeration a necessity, 148; rules for, 154; schedule for, 147; stomach, capacity of,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, 115; 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 Diarrhœa; 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