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]
Teething, symptoms and treatment of painful, [66]
Teething, in town and country, [67]
Temperature and ventilation of a nursery, [133]
Temperature of a warm bath, [254]
Thread or maw-worm, and its causes, [213]
Throats, sore, precautions to prevent, [325]
Thrush, cause, symptoms, prevention and cure of, [100]
Thumb, the best gum-stick in the world, [62]
Tight bands, belts and hats, [111]
Tight lacing, the ill effects of, [284]
Times for feeding an infant, [35]
Tobacco smoking for boys, [327]
Tobacco smoking, cases illustrating the danger of, [327]
Toe-nails, the right way of cutting, [116]
Tongue-tied, to ascertain if an infant be, [34]
“Tooth-cough,” should anything be given in, [67]
Tooth-powder, an excellent, [313]
Top crust of bread as infant’s food, [38]
Tous-les-mois, [37]
Toys, children’s, [158]
Toys painted with arsenic, [137], [158]
Trade or profession for a delicate youth, [308]
Treatment of the delicate, [226]
Treatment of some urgent serious diseases, [79], [171]
Truth, the love of, [147]
Tub, commencement of washing an infant in a, [20]
Tumbling and rolling of a child, [154]
Vaccination, the advantages of, [53]
Veal for a child, the objection to, [126]
Vegetables for a child, [126]
Ventilation, and on stopping of chimneys, [150], [230]
Ventilation and sleep, [308]
Ventilation of a nursery, [134]
Violet powder, to make, [23]
Walking, on the early, of infants, [151]
Walking exercise, value of, [291]
Walking in his sleep, a child, [168]
Warm baths for children, [253]
Warm external applications, [254]
Warts, the best remedy to destroy, [339]
Washing of a child, remarks upon the, [108]
Washing of an infant, remarks upon the, [19]
Washing a new-born infant’s head with brandy, [21]
Washing a nursery floor, [136]
Wasp, the sting of a, [268]
Water, on the importance of good, [127]
Water on the brain, [173]
Water, cold and warm, for ablution, [107]
Weather, on a child almost living in the air in fine, [153]
Weather, on sending the young out in wet, [153]
Wet flannel application, [255]
White lily leaf for bruises, [257]
Whom, and how, to nurse the young, [44]
Whom to select as a nurse for feeble children, [47]
Windows of a nursery should be large, [138]
Windpipe, foreign substance in the, [273]
Wine for children and youths, [130], [288]
Winter clothing, the time to leave off, [116]
Woolen garments, the use of, [113], [282]

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