INDEX
- Adenoids, [80]
- Air, necessity for, [17];
- impure, [19];
- temperature of, [21]
- Baby, care of the newborn, [29-37];
- breast feeding, [38-45];
- bottle feeding, [46-54];
- caring for food of, [55-62];
- the bath, [63-70];
- clothing, [71-77];
- training, [78-87];
- teeth and their care, [88-92];
- sicknesses, [93-101]
- Bacteria, preventing development of, [27]
- Barley water, [51], [110]
- Bath thermometer, use of, [94]
- Baths, for girls, [8];
- oil, [30];
- sponge, [30];
- tub, [63-70];
- bran, [69];
- for convulsions, [94]
- Beds, [34]
- Beef juice, [111]
- Bicarbonate of soda solution, [10]
- Birth, registration of, [35]
- Boric acid solution, [67]
- Bottle feeding, [46-54];
- special foods, [46];
- cow’s milk, [54];
- modified milk, [48];
- utensils necessary in, [51];
- pasteurizing, [52]
- Bottles, care of, [57]
- Bowels, care of, [14], [81]
- Breast feeding, reasons for, [38];
- hours for, [39];
- position of baby for, [40];
- mixed feedings, [41];
- diet for mother, [42];
- weaning, [42]
- Candy as food, [14]
- Carbohydrates, [11]
- Carrying schoolbooks, [5]
- Cellars, care of, [26]
- Certified milk, [47]
- Chafing, avoidance of, [98]
- Chamber, use of, [82]
- Clothing, [71-77];
- bands, [71-73];
- shirts, [73];
- gertrudes, [74];
- dresses, [74];
- nightgowns, [74];
- stockings, [76];
- short clothes, [76];
- for summer, [76];
- for winter, [77]
- Colds, [98]
- Colic, crying due to, [84];
- treatment of, [95]
- Condensed milk as food, [46]
- Constipation, [96]
- Contagion, avoiding, [99]
- Convulsions, [93]
- Correct posture, [3-6];
- when feeding baby, [60];
- during the bath, [68]
- Crying, normal, [84];
- due to hunger, [84];
- due to temper, [85];
- due to illness, [84-85];
- due to fright, [85]
- Dental floss, use of, [9]
- Diapers, [74]
- Diarrhea, [97]
- Diet, for nursing mothers, [42];
- for babies, [91];
- for children, [91]
- Discharges from sick persons, [24]
- Dishcloths and towels, [28]
- Drafts, [21]
- Dresses, selection of, [74]
- Dressing the baby, [69]
- Drooling, [89]
- Dust and dusting, [25]
- Ears, care of, [66]
- Emergencies, [93-101];
- convulsions, [93];
- colic, [95];
- constipation, [96];
- diarrhea, [97];
- colds, [98];
- vaccination, [100]
- Enemas, [96-97]
- Exercise, [15], [86]
- Eyes, care of, [66]
- Fats as food, [11]
- Filters, [24]
- Flies, protection from, [36]
- Food, three classes of, [10];
- mixed diet, [11];
- milk, [13];
- candy, [14];
- care of, [27], [55-62];
- for nursing mothers, [41]
- Fright, crying from, [85]
- Garbage, care of, [27]
- Gertrudes (petticoats), [74]
- Girls’ Health League classes, [103-109]
- Hands, care of, [28]
- Health of nursing mothers, [41]
- Hearing of babies, [33]
- Hunger, crying from, [84]
- Illness, crying due to, [85]
- Indigestion, [84]
- Kissing, [83]
- Laxatives, use of, [96]
- Limewater, [50], [110]
- Maltose, in modifying milk, [51]
- Mattresses, choice and care of, [34]
- Milk as food, [13]
- Milk sugar, [51]
- Modified milk, [48]
- Mosquitoes, protection from, [36]
- Mouth, care of, [10], [66]
- Nails, care of, [68]
- Nightgowns, [74]
- Nipples, care of, [58]
- Nose, care of, [66], [80]
- Nursing. See Bottle feeding and Breast feeding
- Oatmeal water, [110]
- Oil, use of, [30]
- Oil-producing glands, [30]
- Orange juice for babies, [91]
- Pacifiers, [83]
- Pasteurizing milk, [52]
- Personal hygiene, [1-15];
- value of good health, [1];
- correct posture, [3];
- care of skin, [6];
- baths, [8];
- food, [10];
- exercise, [15]
- Perspiration, avoiding undue, [21]
- Pillows, [35]
- Plants in houses, [19]
- Privy vaults, [23]
- Proprietary baby foods, [51]
- Protein, [11]
- Reading position, [6]
- Recipes, [110]
- Refrigerators, homemade, [55]
- Rice water, [110]
- Rickets, avoiding, [94]
- Sanitation, home, [16-28]
- Scales, use of, [44]
- Scalp, care of, [67]
- Screens, [25]
- Scurvy, prevention of, [67]
- Shirts, selection of, [73]
- Shoes, selection of, [4]
- Sitting position, [4]
- Skin, care of, [6]
- Sleep, [79]
- Speech of babies, [33]
- Spitting, [8]
- Standing position, [3]
- Starch as food, [11]
- Stockings, selection of, [76]
- Sugar, as food, [11];
- in modifying milk, [49]
- Sunshine, value of, [17]
- Suppositories, [96], [111]
- Talcum powder, use of, [98]
- Teeth, care of, [9], [88-92]
- Teething, [89]
- Temper, crying from, [85]
- Temperature, in pasteurizing milk, [52];
- for bath, [63];
- of sleeping room, [79];
- of bath for convulsions, [93]
- Thermometer, use of, [95]
- Thumb sucking, [83]
- Toothbrush, care of, [92]
- Vaccination, [100]
- Vegetables as food, [11]
- Ventilation, [19]
- Water, the body’s need of, [13];
- purity of, [22-24];
- use of, in modifying milk, [48];
- sterile, [62]
- Weaning the baby, [42]
- Weight of baby, [43]
- Whey, [111]
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been
corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within
the text and consultation of external sources.
Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added,
when a predominant preference was found in the original book.
All misspellings in the text and inconsistent or archaic usage,
have been retained.