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PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

MOTHERHOOD THE HIGHEST CALLING

MOTHERCRAFT PREPARATION

EARLY MEDICAL SUPERVISION

THE RESENTFUL MOTHER

EARLY SIGNS OF PREGNANCY

PROBABLE DATE OF DELIVERY

EMBRYOLOGICAL IGNORANCE

THE STREAM OF LIFE

THE PROCESS OF FERTILIZATION

THE FIRST WEEKS OF LIFE

LATER EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT

AT THE END OF THREE MONTHS

LAST WEEKS OF PREGNANCY

HEREDITARY TRAITS

MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS

EUGENIC SUPERSTITION

CAUSES OF BIRTHMARKS

ROLE OF THE PLACENTA

SUGGESTION AND HEREDITY

EARLY PLANNING

THE CLOTHING

DIET

WATER DRINKING

EXERCISE

REST

FRESH AIR

BATHING

THE TEETH

DIRECTIONS FOR SAVING URINE SPECIMENS

THE BOWELS

BRAN BREAD RECIPES

CARE OF THE BREASTS

THE MENTAL STATE

MORNING SICKNESS

HEARTBURN

IRRITABILITY OF THE BLADDER

LEUCORRHEA

THREATENED ABORTION

SUDDEN ABDOMINAL PAIN

MISCARRIAGE

CRAVINGS

CONSTIPATION

HEMORRHOIDS

VARICOSE VEINS

CRAMPS

SWELLINGS

GOITRE

BACKACHE

PERNICIOUS VOMITING

INSOMNIA

HEADACHE

HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE

TOXIC SYMPTOMS

CONVULSIONS OF PREGNANCY

CARDINAL SYMPTOMS OF TOXICITY

HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE

ECLAMPSIA PREVENTED

THE FINAL WEEKS

SELECTION OF THE HOME

SANITARY PREMISES

ENGAGING THE DOCTOR

THE PLACE OF CONFINEMENT

THE NURSE

PREPARATIONS FOR A HOME DELIVERY

THE PREPARATION OF THE SUPPLIES

REQUISITES FOR THE HOSPITAL

BABY'S NECESSITIES

THE CONFINEMENT ROOM

THE BED

THE TIME OF WAITING

FIRST SYMPTOMS OF LABOR

THE PRELIMINARY BATH

THE PROGRESS OF LABOR

FALSE LABOR PAINS

WHAT TO DO IN THE ABSENCE OF A DOCTOR

CARE OF THE MOTHER

CARE OF THE BABY

THE PAIN OF LABOR

PREPARATION FOR LABOR

WHAT IS TWILIGHT SLEEP?

TECHNIC OF "TWILIGHT SLEEP"

THE CLAIMS OF "TWILIGHT SLEEP"

DANGERS OF TWILIGHT SLEEP

CONCLUSIONS REGARDING TWILIGHT SLEEP

OBSTETRIC FEAR

NITROUS OXID—"LAUGHING GAS"

ANALGESIA VS. ANESTHESIA

EFFECTS OF NITROUS OXID

METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION

CHLOROFORM AND ETHER

CONCLUSIONS

THE NURSE

REST AND EXERCISE

AFTER PAINS

THE TEMPERATURE

THE TOILET OF THE VULVA

URINATION

THE LOCHIA

THE ABDOMINAL BINDER

THE BOWELS

CARE OF THE NIPPLES

THE DIET

GETTING UP

COMPLICATIONS

MODERN METHODS

THE HEAD

CHEST, ABDOMEN, AND LEGS

PULSE AND RESPIRATION

THE WEIGHT

THE SKIN

THE CORD DRESSING

THE EYES

THE FIRST OIL BATH

THE FIRST CLOTHING

BABY'S FIRST NAP

PUTTING TO THE BREAST

THE URINE

GENITALS OF THE MALE CHILD

POST-OPERATIVE CARE OF CIRCUMCISION

CARE OF THE FEMALE GENITALS

HANDLING THE BABY

THE EARLY BATHS

REGARDING SOAP

CARE OF THE UMBILICUS

BIRTH REGISTRATION

THE SEPARATE NURSERY

NURSERY EQUIPMENT

BABY'S BED

THE CRIB

THE SLEEPING BLANKET

NURSERY HEATING AND VENTILATION

BABY'S CORNER IN MOTHER'S ROOM

CRIB SUBSTITUTES

EXTRA HEAT TO THE CRIB

LIGHTING BABY'S ROOM

FRESH AIR

THE BATH EQUIPMENT

BATH TEMPERATURES

NURSERY CLEANLINESS

NORMAL HEALTHY CRYING

THE BIRTH CRY

ABNORMAL CRYING

THE HUNGER CRY

THE CRY OF THIRST

THE FRETFUL CRY

THE PAIN CRY

HABIT CRYING

THE TEMPER CRY

THE SPOILED BABY

THE CRY OF SERIOUS ILLNESS

THE COLICKY CRY

COLIC IN THE BREAST-FED

COLIC IN BOTTLE-FED BABIES

COLIC AND CHILLINESS

THE TREATMENT OF COLIC

BABY CRIES BECAUSE:

HYGIENE OF NURSING MOTHERS

DIET OF THE NURSING MOTHER

OBJECTIONABLE FOODS

CAKED BREASTS

SORE NIPPLES

CONSTITUENTS OF MOTHER'S MILK

THE TIME OF THE FIRST FEEDING

WATER DRINKING

REGULARITY IN FEEDING

POSITION OF MOTHER DURING THE NURSING

NURSING WHEN ANGRY AND OVERHEATED

THE STOOLS

SYMPTOMS OF SUCCESSFUL NURSING

EARMARKS OF UNSUCCESSFUL NURSING

AIDS TO THE MILK SUPPLY

WHEN THE BABY SHOULD NOT BE NURSED

THE WET NURSE

THE BOTTLE-FED BABY

THE HOURLY SCHEDULE

QUANTITY OF FOOD

REFRIGERATOR NECESSITY

HOMEMADE ICE BOX

POSITION DURING FEEDING

TIME ALLOWANCE FOR ONE FEEDING

AFTER THE FEED

INTERVALS BETWEEN MEALS

ADDITIONAL FOODS

FOOD FOR THE TRAVELING BABE

RULES FOR THE BOTTLE-FED

SUGAR

ACIDITY

CREAM

HERD MILK

SANITARY DAIRIES

CERTIFIED MILK

BOILING THE MILK

PASTEURIZATION

THE CARE OF BOTTLED MILK

PREPARATION FOR MODIFICATION

BOTTLES AND NIPPLES

CARE OF BOTTLES AND NIPPLES

PREPARING THE FOOD

DETAILS OF PREPARATION

TABLE FOR INFANT FEEDING

PEPTONIZED MILK

BUTTERMILK

CONDENSED MILK

SPECIAL FOODS

INFANT WELFARE

CHOOSING A FORMULA

THE BOTTLE-FED BABY

MAKE CHANGES GRADUALLY

COMMON MISTAKES IN FORMULAS

SYMPTOMS OF DISSATISFACTION

FLATULENCE

VOMITING

OVER-FEEDING

WEIGHT

THE STOOLS

BOTTLE FEEDING AND CONSTIPATION

DIARRHOEA

REGULATION OF THE STOOLS

MIXED FEEDING

INFANT FEEDING PUZZLES

INFANT FOODS

THE FIRST WEEK

GIVING THE BATH

THE SECOND WEEK

TEMPERATURE OF BATHS

THE BATHING PLACE

FREQUENCY OF BATHS

BEST HOUR FOR BATHING

SOAP AND WATER

ROUTINE OF THE TUB BATH

BABY'S DAILY RUB

USE AND ABUSE OF TALCUM

TONIC AND MEDICATED BATHS

FEAR OF BATHS

OUT OF DOOR BATHING

MILK CRUST

THE EYES, EARS, AND NOSE

CARE OF THE MOUTH

THE CARE OF THE GENITAL ORGANS

CARE OF THE BUTTOCKS

OTHER SPECIAL CARE

GENERAL SUGGESTIONS

BABY'S LAYETTE

DIAPERS

CHANGING THE DIAPER

RUBBER DIAPERS

STOCKINGS AND BOOTIES

SKIRTS AND PETTICOATS

NIGHTGOWNS, WRAPPERS, AND SLIPS

SLEEPING BAG

COMMON FAULTS WITH MOST LAYETTES

ERRORS IN CLOTHING

SHORT CLOTHES

CAPS AND WRAPS

THE FIRST SHOES

PLAY SUITS

WINTER GARMENTS

CLOTHING RULES

INDOOR AIRING

OUTDOOR LIFE

BEST HOURS FOR AIRING

THE COUNTRY BABY

WHEN NOT TO TAKE BABY OUT

WINTER OUTINGS

OPEN WINDOWS

SLEEP

SLEEP REQUIREMENTS

PUTTING BABY TO SLEEP

BEDTIME AND SLEEPING POSITION

WAKING UP AT NIGHT

DAILY NAPS

WATER DRINKING

URINATION

EXERCISE

KISSING THE BABY

SUCKLING HABITS

KEEP BABY WARM

BABY'S TEMPERATURE

BABY BOUNCING

CARRIAGES AND GO-CARTS

BOW LEGS

LIFTING THE BABY

PREVENTION OF FALLS

THE BABY'S BREASTS

VISITING

THE RUNABOUT BABY

TOYS

SPECIAL SENSES

HAIR AND SCALP

MISSHAPEN HEADS

THE SALIVA

SENSATIONS AND RECOGNITION

SITTING ALONE

DENTITION

APPEARANCE OF THE TEETH

DENTAL SUGGESTIONS

THE WEIGHT

NORMAL BREAST WEANING

NORMAL BOTTLE WEANING

TRAINING THE BOWELS AND BLADDER

BABY'S SPEECH

DEFECTIVE SPEECH

CALISTHENICS

BOW LEGS AND WALKING

SUMMARY OF BABY'S DEVELOPMENT

DIET AFTER THE FIRST YEAR

CANDY

THE NURSE

POSITION

GESTURES

SKIN COLOR

FACIAL EXPRESSION

THE HEAD

THE CHEST

THE ABDOMEN

THE CRY

COUGHING

THE BREATHING

THE PULSE

THE TEMPERATURE

THE MOUTH

NURSING

THE URINE

THE STOOLS

WHEN BABY GETS SICK

FEEDING THE SICK BABY

EXAMINING SICK CHILDREN

TREATMENT OF SICK CHILDREN

NURSING RECORDS

BAD-TASTING MEDICINES

TEMPERATURES AND PULSE

FEVER

LOCATION OF THE SICK ROOM

NECESSARY FURNISHINGS

THE NURSERY REFRIGERATOR

SICK ROOM DISINFECTANTS

THE MEDICINE CHEST

PATENT MEDICINES

AFTER THE SICKNESS IS OVER

VOMITING

COLIC

CHRONIC INDIGESTION

JAUNDICE

WORMS

HOOKWORM DISEASE

DISORDERED STOMACH

STOMATITIS OR THRUSH

CONSTIPATION

DIARRHEA

TREATMENT OF DIARRHEA

RUPTURE

PROLAPSE OF THE BOWEL

BLEEDING FROM THE NAVEL

CATCHING DISEASE

THE SPREAD OF CONTAGION

INCUBATION PERIODS

TYPHOID FEVER

MUMPS

SCARLET FEVER

MEASLES

CHICKENPOX

SMALLPOX

VACCINATION

DIPHTHERIA

WHOOPING COUGH

EYE INFECTIONS

RUNNING EARS

WHY BABIES CATCH COLD

CORYZA—COLD IN THE HEAD

GRIPPE

SORE THROAT

ADENOIDS

DISEASED TONSILS

BRONCHITIS

SPASMODIC CROUP

PNEUMONIA

HEREDITARY NERVOUSNESS

EARLY TRAINING

SPOILING THE CHILD

PLAYMATES

TEACHING SELF-CONTROL

CRIME AND INTEMPERANCE

UNSPOILING THE CHILD

PREVENTING HYSTERIA

METHODS OF DISCIPLINE

RESPECT FOR AUTHORITY

FALSE SYMPATHY

SYSTEM AND ORDER

EMOTIONAL RUNAWAYS

THE FINAL REWARD

SLEEPLESSNESS—INSOMNIA

NIGHT TERRORS

NERVOUSNESS

HEADACHE

CONVULSIONS—SPASMS

NERVOUS TWITCHINGS

RETENTION OF URINE

BED WETTING

MENINGITIS

INFANTILE PARALYSIS

SAINT VITUS' DANCE

CONGENITAL DISORDERS

CHAFING

VULVOVAGINITIS

ECZEMA

ECZEMA TREATMENT

HIVES AND FRECKLES

RINGWORM

BOILS

FEVER BLISTERS

WARTS

BIRTHMARKS

ERYSIPELAS

SCABIES AND LICE

HARELIP AND CLEFT PALATE

DEFORMED HANDS AND FEET

SPINAL CURVATURE

POTT'S DISEASE

RHEUMATISM

SCURVY

ADENITIS—ENLARGED GLANDS

RICKETS

MALARIA

TUBERCULOSIS

SYPHILIS

INSECT BITES AND STINGS

DOG BITES AND SNAKE BITES

SWALLOWING FOREIGN BODIES

FOREIGN BODIES IN THE EYE

FOREIGN BODIES IN EAR AND NOSE

EARACHE

NOSEBLEED

CUTS AND TEARS

PUNCTURED WOUNDS AND SLIVERS

BRUISES

FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS

SPRAINS

FROST BITES AND CHILBLAINS

SWALLOWING POISONS

BURNS

FAINTING

ASSIMILATION OF FOOD

ELIMINATION OF BODY WASTES

ELEMENTS OF NUTRITION

PROTEINS

STARCHES

FRUIT SUGARS

FATS

MINERAL SALTS

CELLULOSE

WATER

ANIMAL HEAT

FUEL VALUE OF FOODS

DIET FOR CHILD TWO TO THREE YEARS OLD

FOODS ALLOWED CHILDREN OF FOUR YEARS AND OLDER

FOODS TO BE AVOIDED BY YOUNG CHILDREN

EATING BETWEEN MEALS

DAILY FOOD REQUIREMENT

HOMEMAKING VS. HOUSEKEEPING

MOTHERS IN THE PROFESSIONS

WORK OUTSIDE THE HOME

SELECTING A CARETAKER

THE UP-TO-DATE MOTHER

QUALIFICATIONS OF THE GOVERNESS

HINTS FOR THE CARETAKER

OVERCOMING BAD HABITS

EARLY FEARS

FEAR OF NOISES

FEAR OF DARKNESS

THE FOLLY OF MAKING THREATS

CHILDREN WHO ARE CALLED "COWARDS"

THE GIRL WHO WOULD "TURN OUT BAD"

WHAT HEALTHY FAITH-THOUGHT WILL DO

THE POWER OF SUGGESTION

BEDTIME A GOOD TIME TO SUGGEST

NEVER ACCUSE CHILDREN OF DISHONESTY

IT IS EASY TO FORM GOOD HABITS

CHIVALROUS SPIRIT

JUVENILE PLAY DAYS

OUTDOOR PLAY

INDOOR GAMES

THE "GOING TO SCHOOL" CHILD

COMPANIONS

THE "IN THE HOUSE" HOUR

PARTIES

PICNICS

"MOVIES"

VACATIONS

ADOLESCENT DAYS

ICE-CREAM PARLORS

DANCING

QUESTIONABLE PLAY

DIET AND HYGIENE

IMPROVING THE APPETITE

THE DAILY PROGRAM

TREATMENT SUGGESTIONS

A LESSON FROM NATURE

THE ALL IMPORTANT POLLEN

THE MORNING GLORY FAMILY

HOW MOTHER NATURE WORKS

THE SALMON FAMILY

EARLY QUESTIONS

ONE MOTHER'S AWAKENING

DON'T GET SHOCKED

DON'T REPULSE THE CHILD

NECESSARY MORAL TRAINING

SANTA CLAUS AND THE STORK

STORY OF THE HUMAN BABY

THE MATING STORY

UNFOLDING THE TRUTH

THE DOCTOR'S PART

TRUSTING YOUR CHILD

TEN POSSIBLE CAUSES OF SECRET VICE

TRUTH VS. EXAGGERATION

APPENDIX

APPENDIX

BATHS USED TO REDUCE FEVER

TONIC BATHS

THE NEUTRAL BATH

FOMENTATIONS

THE SOAP SHAMPOO

MOIST ABDOMINAL BANDAGE

HEATING COMPRESS

MUSTARD PASTE

THE OIL-SILK JACKET

STEAM INHALATIONS

LOTIONS FOR SORE MOUTH

FOR NOSEBLEED

THROAT GARGLES

MOUTH WASH

DISINFECTANTS

POULTICES

COUGH SYRUP

LOTIONS FOR CHAPPED HANDS

ECZEMA

TABLE OF POISONS AND ANTIDOTES

ICHTHYOL SUPPOSITORIES

OIL ENEMA

TABLE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

HOT COLONIC FLUSHING

ENEMAS

EMETICS

A CALORIE

ACIDIFYING AND ALKALINIZING FOODS

CEREAL WATERS, ETC.

FRUIT JUICES

LEMONADE AND EGGNOGS

MILKSHAKE

MEAT AND MEAT JUICES

CODDLED EGG

SOUPS

BREADS

INDEX

INDEX