sex from the room, and not even to have many women about her, and for
those around to loosen her dress; to lay her in the center of the room,
flat upon the ground, with a pillow under her head; to remove combs and
pins and brooches from her person; to dash cold water upon her face; to
apply cloths, or a large sponge wetted in cold water, to her head; to
throw open the window, and then to leave her to herself; or at all
events, to leave her with only one _female_ friend or attendant. If such
be done, she will soon come round; but what is the usual practice? If a
girl be in hysterics, the whole house, and perhaps the neighborhood, is
roused; the room is crowded to suffocation; fears are openly expressed
by those around that she is in a dangerous state; she hears what they
say, and her hysterics are increased tenfold.
* * * * *
If this book is to be of use to mothers and to the rising generation, as
I humbly hope and trust that it has been, and that it will be still more
abundantly, it ought not to be listlessly read, merely as a novel, or as
any other piece of fiction, but it must be thoughtfully and carefully
studied, until its contents, in all its bearings, be completely mastered
and understood.
In conclusion, I beg to thank you for the courtesy, confidence, and
attention I have received at your hands, and to express a hope that my
advice, through God’s blessing, may not have been given in vain.
INDEX.
Ablution of a child, 108
Ablution of an infant, 19
Ablution of a youth, 274
Ablution, thorough, of a boy and girl, 274
Accidents of children, 256
Acne, or red pimples, symptoms and treatment of, 335
Advice to a mother if her infant be poorly, 105
Advice to _Mr. Paterfamilias_, 163
Ailments, the distinction between _serious_ and _slight_, 79
Ailments, slight, of infants, 77
Air and exercise for youth, 290
Air, the importance of good, 134
Air, the necessity of fresh, and changing the, 134
American ladies, health and beauty of, 342
Amusements for a child, 155
Amusements for a girl, 296
Amusements for a boy, 294
Ankles, of a babe, weak, 104
Antipathies of a child, 132
Aperients for a child, 221
Aperients, the effect of, on an infant, 83
Aperients, the effect of, on a new-born babe, 78
Aperients, the effect of, on a youth, 331
Aperients, danger in frequent use of, 331
Appeal to mothers, 334
Appetite, on a child losing his, 130
Applications, warm external, 254
Apron to wear when washing, 25
Archery, croquet, skating, etc., 296
Arnold, Dr., on corporal punishment, 300
Arrow-root, the use of, for an infant, 40
Artificial food for an infant, 36
Asses’ milk more suitable for the delicate, 44
Babes should kick about on the floor, 70
Baby-slaughter, or “massacre of the innocents”, 43
Baked crumb of bread for an infant, 37
Baked flour for an infant, 38
Bakers’ and home-made bread, 132
Band, when to discontinue the use of, 30
Bathing after a _full_ meal, 279
Baths, cold, tepid and warm, 280
Baths, warm, instead of cordials and carminatives, 88
Beard as a respirator, covering and improvement, 326
Bed, on placing the child in his, 165
Beds, feather, ill effects of, 164
Beds, cleansing and purification of, 206
Bed-rooms, the ventilation of, 308
Bed-rooms should be cool, 166
Bed-rooms, a plan to ventilate, 308
Bee, best application for the sting of a, 268
Beef, salted or boiled, 126
Belladonna, poisoning by, 270
Beverage for a child, 127
“Black eye,” remedies for a, 257
Bleeding of infant, how nurse can restrain, 27
Bleeding, violent, from the nose, 328
Blood, the spitting of, 332
Blows and bruises of child, 256
Boarding-schools for females, 301
Boarding-schools, remarks on cheap, 303
Boiled bread for infants, 36
Boiled flour for infants’ food, 37
Boils, the best application for, 218
Boots and shoes for the prevention of corns, 339
Bottles, the use of, in giving artificial food, 40
Boulogne sore throat, or diphtheria, 188
Bow legs, the causes and treatment of, 239
Bowels, care in regard to, 76
Bowels, large, of children, 220
Bowels, various symptoms in regard to, 90
Bowels, the protrusion of lower, 223
Boys should be made strong, 295
Brain, symptoms of water on the, 173
Bran, for the purpose of softening water, 242
Bran poultices, best way to make, 256
Breakfast of a child, what should be the, 120
Breakfast of a youth, in regard to the, 286
Breathing exercise, the desirability of, 295
Brimstone and treacle, the giving of, 225
Brown and Polson’s Corn Flour, 39
Bronchitis, the care and treatment of, 186
Broth, the use of, for infants, 103
Broth, the use of, for a quite young infant, 40
Broth and soup, wholesomeness of, 288
Brothers and sisters, association of, 302
Bruises, immediate remedies for, 256
Burns and scalds, which most dangerous, 261
Burning, danger of, among females, 135
Bullying and snubbing of a child, 146
Butter, wholesomeness and advantage of, 120
Calomel, the danger of a mother prescribing, 86
Calomel, the ill effects of, 331
Camphor makes teeth brittle, 314
Caning and flogging of a boy, 298
Caps, flannel, the necessity of, 29
Carpets in nurseries, the effects of using, 150
Carriage exercise, the advantages of, 293
Carron oil in burns, value of, 263
Castor oil, its effects as a healer, 87
Cat, bites and scratches of a, 268
Chafings, the best treatment of, 80
Chairs, the use of straight-backed, 304
Change of air, the effect of, 227
Change of linen in sickness, 230
Chapped hands and limbs of a child, 242
Chapped lips, excellent application for, 243
Chest, keeping warm the upper part of the, 283
“Chicken-breasted” and narrow-breasted children, 207
Chicken-pox, nature and symptoms of, 223
Chilblains, the way to prevent and cure the, 241
Child, when he should commence to dine with his parents, 133
“Child-crowing,” the perilous disorder of, 179
“Child-crowing,” the treatment of a paroxysm of, 181
Children’s hour, the right method at, 142
Children’s parties, the great follies of, 159
Chimneys, on the stopping of, 150, 229
Chiropodists, the great want of respectable, 338
Chlorosis, causes, symptoms and cure of, 340, 341
Chlorosis is rare in rural districts, 343
“Choking,” what is to be done in a case of, 265
Cisterns, the best kind of, 127
Clothes, on airing an infant’s, 32
Clothes, the ill effects of tight, 111
Clothing, the proper, for children, 111
Clothing, the best kind, for infants, 30
Clothing, the proper kind, during winter, 32
Clothing, the proper kind, for youths, 282
Coffee as an aperient, the use of, 245, 286
Coffee and tea, 286
Coin, on the swallowing of a, 272
Cold bed-room healthy, 167
Cold, a feverish, the best course in case of, 255
Cold, on child always catching, 228
Cold feet, method to warm, 142
Concluding remarks on infancy, 106
Constipation, prevention and cure of, 331
Consumption attacks the _upper_ part of the lungs, 283
Consumption, the age at which it usually appears, 321
Consumption, the causes of, 323
Consumption, the death-rate, 321
Consumption, importance of early consulting a medical man in, 320
Consumption, spitting of blood in, 320
Consumption, the symptoms attending, 321
Consumptive patient, the treatment of a, 324
Convulsions of children, 61, 81
Convulsions from hooping-cough, 82
Cooked fruit for child, the wholesomeness of, 120
Coroners’ inquests on infants, 75
Corporal punishment at schools, 298
Corns, their nature, cause and best remedy, 337, 338
Costiveness in the young, the means to prevent, 86
Costiveness, the best remedies for, 82
Costiveness, the reason why so prevalent, 334
Cough, the danger of stopping a, 68
Cow, the importance of having the milk from ONE, 41, 45
Cream and egg, the advantages of, 121
Cream and water for a babe, 121
Crinoline and the danger to ladies, 135
Croquet for girls, the amusement of, 296
Crossness in a sick child, proper treatment of, 232
Croup, the times for and dangers of, 175
Croup, the treatment of, 176
Cry of an infant, the language in the, 103
Cure, artificial and natural, means of, 239
“Curious phenomenon” in scarlet fever, 197
Cut finger, the best application for, 256
Dancing and skipping, the benefits of, 295
Danger of constantly giving physic, 106
Delicate child, plan to strengthen a, 226
Dentition, the period when begins, 58
Dentition, the lancing of gums in, 60
Dentition, the period of second, 169
Dentition, symptoms and treatment of painful, 66
Diarrhœa in infants, the symptoms of, 90
Diarrhœa in infants, the treatment of, 92
Diet of a child who has cut his teeth, 120
Diet of children generally, 118
Diet of a child raised on artificial food, 44
Diet of a child turned from the natural food, 51
Diet of infants, 33
Diet, on a mother being particular in attending to, 126
Diet of youth, breakfast, 286
Dietary, an infant’s, 36
Dinner for a child, 119
Dinner for a youth, 287
Diphtheria, symptoms, causes and treatment of, 188–193
Dirty child, a, the mother’s disgrace, 77
Diseased nature and strange eruptions, 250
Diseases of children and the symptoms, 170
Diseases of girls, and the causes and symptoms, 340
Diseases of infants and symptoms, 77
Diseases in children, causes of obscure, 244
Diseases, the prevention of, 315
Diseases produced by tight lacing, 284
Diseases, symptoms of _serious_, 79
Doctor, on early calling in the, 253
Dog supposed to be mad, the bite of a, 266
Doleful child, the sight of a, 139
Drainage of the house and neighborhood, 136, 206
Dress, female, health and fashion in, 285
Dress of a child while asleep, 73
Drinking fountains a great boon, 128
Dropping a child, danger of injury in, 258
Dry-raised children, the best food for, 45
“Dusting material” for infants, old-fashioned, 23
Dysentery, symptoms and treatment of, 93–97
Ear, nature and treatment of discharges from the, 220
Ear, removal of a pea or bead from the, 271
Earache, best treatment of the, 219
Earwig in the ear of a child, 272
Early rising, benefit of, 167, 311
Education of children, best plan of, 161
Education in infant schools, 160
Education, home, the best for girls, 301
Education, modern, the best, 301
Education for youth, plan of, 298
Eggs for children, the use of, 126
Enema apparatus an important requisite, 226
Engravings and paintings should be hung in nurseries, 137
Eruptions about the mouth, 249
Excoriations, applications for, 24
Excoriations, the best remedy for, 24
Exercise in the open air, 69, 151, 290
Exercise the best composing medicine, 290
Exercise, importance of, for children, 151
Exercise in wet weather, 153
Exercise, on violently tossing infants for, 70
Exercise, horse and pony, for boys and girls, 292
Exercise, an infant himself taking, 69
Exercise, the best, for youth, 291
Fecal matter in pump water, 206
Fainting, in case of a young lady, 329
Fainting from unhealthy condition, 330
Fainting from general debility, 330
Fainting from a disordered stomach, 330
Falling-off of hair, to prevent, 282
Falls on the head, the best course in case of, 257
Fashion, dangerous effects of strictly attending to, 285
Fashion, the present, of dressing children, 117
Fashionable _desiderata_ for complexion, 342
Favoritism both hurtful and wrong, 147
Feeding of infants, proper time to begin the, 42
Feeding of infants, proper intervals for the, 42
Feet, remedy for smelling, 339
Feet, remedy for sweating, 339
Feet, remedy for tender, 339
Female dress in ball-room, 285
Fire, on a child playing with, 260
Fire, danger of sitting with the back to, 136
Fire, the use of, in night nursery, 166
Fire, the manner of extinguishing, if clothes be on, 260
Fire-guards, the use of, 135, 260
Fire-proof, dresses can be made perfectly, 261
Flannel night-gowns, the wearing of, 113
Flannel shirts for a delicate child, 113
Flannel waistcoats, nothing equal to, 282
Fleas, best way to drive away, 235
Flute, bugle and other wind instruments, 296
Fly-pole as an exercise for the muscles, 297
Fog, on sending child out in, 153
Folly of giving physic after vaccination, 57
Food, artificial, while using the natural, 42
Food, care in preparing infants’, 40
Food for infants artificially fed, 36, 44
Food for infants naturally fed, 36
Frightening a child should never be indulged in, 140
Fruit, as an aperient, 222
Garters impede the circulation, 114
Gin or peppermint in infants’ food, 51
Giving joy to a child, 143
Glass, a child swallowing broken, 272
Gluttony kills more than the sword, 290
Glycerin soap, an excellent remedy, 242
Goat’s milk as a substitute, 44
_Godfrey’s Cordial_ as a remedy, 88
Godfrey’s Cordial, poisoning by, treatment in case of, 269
Grazed skin, the best application for a, 269
Great desideratum, 77
Green dresses are poisonous, 137, 286
Green paper-hangings for nurseries objectionable, 137
“Gripings,” symptoms, causes and treatment of, 89
“Gross superstition,” usual style of, 199
Gums, the lancing of the, 60
Gum-boil, cause and treatment of a, 336
Gum-sticks, the best of, 62
Gymnasium, the value of a, 295
Hair, the best application for the, 282
Hair, to perfume the, 282
Hair, plan of making tidy the, 281
Half-washed and half-starved child, the, 155
Hand-swing, the, a capital exercise, 296
Happiness to a child, importance of, 143
Happy, how to make a child, 143
Hards’ Farinaceous Food, 38
Hardening of children’s constitutions, 113
Hardening of infants, the, 71
Hats for a child, the best kind of, 112
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, on American ladies, 342
Head, if a child fall upon his, 257
Heat, external application of, 254
Hiccoughs of infants, causes of, 90
Hints conducive to the well-doing of a child, 139
Home of childhood—the nursery, 139
Hooping-cough, brief history of, 210
Hooping-cough an obstinate disease, 215
Hooping-cough, the treatment of, 212
Horse exercise for boys or girls, 292
Horse and pony exercise, 292
Hot water bag or bottle, the use of a, 254
Household work for girls as a means of health, 305
Hydrophobia, antidote for, 266
Hysterics, when a lady is most prone to, 344, 346
India-rubber hot water bottle, use of an, 254
Infants and the use of aperients, 77
Infants should be encouraged to use exertion, 69
Infants, about the weight of, 74
Infant schools, health in, 160
Infant, wheezing of an, 77
Ipecacuanha wine, preservation of, 179
Ladies “affecting the saddle”, 296
Laudanum, treatment in case of poisoning by, 269
Law, physic and divinity, 306
Leaden cisterns, using water from, 127
Learning without health, 237
Leech-bites, the way to restrain bleeding from, 105
Lessons, confining a child to his, 158
Lice on the head after illness, 234
Light, best artificial, for nursery, 138
Light, the importance of, to health, 138
Lime in the eye, to remove, 264
Lime to harden the bones, 248
Lime-water and milk, the use of, 125
Love of children, the results of, 144
Lucifer matches, the poisonous effects of, 138, 260
Luncheon for a child, the, 125
Lungs, inflammation of the, 113, 181
Lungs, inflammation of, precautions to prevent, 236
Lungs, inflammation of, symptoms of, 181
Lungs, inflammation of, treatment of, 182
Lying lips of a child, the, 147
Mad dog, the bite of a, 266
Mad dog, a description of a, 267
Magnesia to cool a child, 87
Manner and proper time for turning a child to artificial food, 50, 51
Many die under five years of age, 43
Mattresses, horse-hair, best for a child, 164
Meals should be varied, a child’s, 128
Measles described, the symptoms of, 193
Measles and scarlet fever, the, 196
Measles, the treatment of the, 194
Meat, daily, on giving a boy, 287
Meat, raw, in long-standing disease, 227
Meat, in exhaustive diseases, 227
Meat, when a child should commence taking, 118
Meddlesome treatment of wiseacres, 250
Medical man, a mother’s treatment toward the, 250
Medicine, the best way of administering, 228
Medicine, on giving new-born infants, 78
Medicine, on making palatable, 229
Mercury, on the danger of parents giving, 85, 331
Milk, on the importance of having it from ONE cow, 36, 45
Milk, bad, very nasty, 123
Milk for babe indispensable, 46
Milk, or meat, or both, 124
Milk, a plan to make a child take, 124
Milk, the value of, for children, 121
Milk, a way to prevent, turning sour, 125
Milk-crust, a troublesome complaint, 249
Mismanaged, children, through want of instruction, 18
Modified small-pox and chicken-pox, 209
Mother, fretting, injurious to infant, 50
Mother, a foolish, course of, 75
Mother, the, of many diseases, 324
Mother should supervise the mixing of milk, 36
Motions, to understand the, of children, 90
Mumps, the best treatment of, 217
Nature’s remedies the best, 106
Nervous and unhappy young ladies, 340
Nettle-rash, its symptoms and the best treatment, 97
Night-terrors, best treatment of, 141
Nose, removal of foreign substances from, 271
Nose, bleeding from, means to restrain, 328
Nurse, on the choice of a, 139
Nurse, the acts of a lazy, 142
Nurse, the value of a strong and active, 140
Nurse, a young, not desirable, 140
Nurse, the kind of, for the sick, 232
Nursery-basin, the employment of a, 20
Nursery a child’s own domain, 139, 157
Nursery, selection, warming, ventilation, arrangements of, 133
Nursery of a sick child, 229
Nursery, on the light of a, 138
Nursery, a, must be airy, 133
Nursery, further observations in regard to a, 134
Nursery, windows to be often opened in a, 138
Opium, a case of poisoning by, 68
Opium, the danger of administering, to infants, 88
Opium, the treatment of poisoning by, 269
Over-education among children, 161
Over-feeding with artificial food, 87
Paint-boxes dangerous as toys, 158
Peevishness of a child, the plan to allay, 144
Perambulators, the use of, 152
Pies and puddings, the nature of, 119
Pimples of the face, treatment of, 335
Pin, on a child’s swallowing a, 272
Play, a course of education in, 162
Play and useful knowledge, 160
Play-grounds for children, 160
Pleasant words to a child, importance of, 146
Poisoning, accidental, 269
Poisoning a child with his breath, 165
Poppy-syrup, injurious effects of, 88
Pork an improper meat for children, 125
Position of a sleeping child, 166
Potatoes for children, the use of, 126
Poultice, a celebrated white-bread, 255
Powder, “dusting,” the best, 23
Precocity of intellect, 315
Precocious youths, the health of, 316
Princess of Wales and her child, 24
Professions and trades, choice of, 305
Proper management of infants, 106
Proper persons to wash an infant, 24
Proper position of child in sleep, 239
Prunes, the best way of stewing, 222
Profession or trade, choice of, for delicate youth, 305
Profession or trade, delicate youths should be brought up to, 306
Puddings for children, the use of, 119
Quack Medicines, the danger in, 88
Quacking an infant, the habit of, 86
Quicklime in the eye, 264
Red-gum, the symptoms and treatment of, 98
Regularity of habits among the young, 332, 334
Respiration, products of, poisonous, 309
Rest, the best time for a child to retire to, 165
Revaccination, importance of, 54
Revaccination every seven years, 54
Rheumatic fever, flannel vest and drawers in, 283
Ribs, bulging out of the, 319
Rice, prepared as an infant’s food, 39
Richardson, Dr., the ether spray of, 328
Rickets, the nature and effects of, 245
Rickets, the various degrees of, 246
Rocking-chairs, and rockers to the cradle, 72
Rocking infants to sleep, 72
Rooms, ill effects of dark, 138
Round shoulders, cause and treatment of, 238, 318
Round-worm, nature and cure of, 243
Running scall, description of and remedy for, 249
Rupture through meddlesomeness, 27
Rupture, nature and best treatment, 28, 29
Rusks, boiled, as food, 38
Sallowness, cause of, in young girls, 290
Salt water and fresh water, 279
Salt should be added to an infant’s food, 42
Salt, bag of hot, use of a, 254
Salt necessary to human life, 245
Salt meats for children, 125
Salt and water ablutions for a delicate child, 110
Salt and water for teeth and gums, 313
Scalds and burns, which most dangerous, 261
Scalds of mouth and throat, 261
Scarlatina, the nature of, 190
Scarlet fever, the symptoms of, 196
Scarlet fever, the contagion of, 205
Scarlet fever, the danger of giving aperients in, 196
Scarlet fever, the dropsy of, 197, 205
Scarlet fever, management of child after, 205
Scarlet fever and measles, the importance of distinguishing between,
197
Scarlet fever, the principal danger in, 197
Scarlet fever, the purification of the house after, 206
Scarlet fever, the treatment of, 198
Schools, observations upon female boarding, 301
Schools, observations upon public, 300
Screaming in sleep, children, 216
Scrofula, how to ward off, 316
Scrofula, the prevention of, 316
Scurfy head, a remedy for, 109
Sea-bathing and fresh-water bathing, 279
Sea-bathing for a young child, 228
Secrets, talking, before a child, 163
Selection of females for nourishing children, 46
Senna as an aperient, 221
Shivering fit, importance of attending to a, 215
Shivering fit, treatment of a, 216
Shoes, plan to water-proof, 283
Shoes preferable to boots, 115
Shoes and stockings for children and youths, 114, 283
Shoes, the ill effects of tight, 114
“Shortening” an infant, 33
Shoulder-blades “growing out”, 238
Sick child, the nursing of a, 229
Sick child not to be stuffed with food, 232
Sick-room, management of the, 229
Sickness of infants, injurious effects of, 99
Singed rag for wrapping, 26
Singing and reading aloud, 298
Singing beneficial to a child, 164
Single-stick, the game of, 294
Sitting with the back to fire, 135
Sitz bath both useful and valuable, 225
Skating for boys and girls, 297
Skin, grazed, application for, 269
Sleeping-rooms, importance of well ventilating, 309
Sleep, the, of children, 164
Sleep, the, of infants, 71
Sleep in middle of day beneficial, 164
Sleep, much, necessary for infants, 74
Sleep, temperature of infants’ bed-room during, 71
Sleep, right time of putting a child to, 165
Sleep, rocking infants to, 72
Sleep of youth, and early rising, 311
Slight attack not to be interfered with, 91
Slippers, the best for sick-room, 233
Small-pox, the ravages of, 53
Small-pox, a pest and disgrace, 54
Small-pox, when modified, 207
Small-pox, when in the neighborhood, 55
Small-pox, to prevent pitting of, 240
Smothering of infants, the cause of, 75
Socks and stockings for a child, 115
Soda, ill effects of washing clothes with, 24
Sounds, joyful, for every ear, 144
Soups and broths, 287
Speak gently to a child, 145
Spencer, a knitted worsted, 31
Spine, in case of injury to the, 258
Spine, lateral curvature of the, 319
Spines, causes of distorted, 164, 319
Spines twisted from rapid growing, 238
Spirits, deadly effects of, to the young, 288
Spitting of blood, 320, 322
Spitting of blood, precautions against, 324
Spurious croup sometimes mistaken for the genuine, 179
Stammering, cause of, 148
Stammering, cure of, 149
Stays, the ill effects of, 284
Stillness of the sick-room, 233
Sting of the bee or wasp, 268
Stir-about and milk, well-boiled oatmeal, 121
Stockings and shoes, 114, 283
Stooping in a girl, evil effects of, 318
Stopping of chimneys, 150, 229
Stuffing a sick child with food, 232
“Stuffing of the nose” of infants, 98
“Sty,” treatment of the, 220
Suet-pudding, the nature of, 119
Sugar for infants, 42, 52
Sugar confectionery for infants, 131
Sugar, _raw_, as an aperient, 52
Sunstroke, prevention of, 112
Sunday, children should not regard as a day of gloom, 159
Supper for a child and for a youth, 128, 289
Surfeit water and saffron tea, 194
Sweetmeats colored with poisonous pigments, 131
Swimming, on boys and girls, 278
Symptoms of _serious_ diseases, 170
Tape-worm, the effect on children of, 244
Taste for things refined and beautiful, 138
Tea, on giving a child, 131
Tea, green, the ill effects of, 131, 289
Teeth, attention to, importance of, 313
Teeth, child should not have meat until he has cut several, 118
Teeth, the diet of a child who has cut all his, 118
Teeth and gums, to keep in a healthy state the, 313
Teeth, right way of brushing the, 314
Teeth, appearance and number of _first_ set of, 59
Teeth, appearance and number of _second_ set of, 169
Teeth, the second crop of, 169
Teething, the time at which children begin, 58
Teething, eruptions from, 68
Teething the frequent cause of sickness, 99
Teething, a fruitful source of disease, 64
Teething, plan to be adopted during, 67
Teething, restlessness from, 253
Teething, _second_, importance of care, 170