The Nervous Child

by Hector Charles Cameron

Babies. See Newborn Baby
Backward development, [56], [146]
signs of, [56]
"Bad form," [183]
Bad habits, [77]-80
Bath, baby's first experience of, [105], [106]
Bed, dislike of, [28]
how overcome, [28], [29]
efforts to resist preparation for, [64], [65], [66]
Bedroom, airing and temperature of, [69]
Bedtime, [64], [66]
management at, [65], [66]
Bed wetting. See Enuresis

Behaviour. See Conduct
Bladder, hydrostatic distension of, for enuresis, [92], [93]
Boarding-schools, object of, [183]
Bodily ailments, and instability of nervous control, connection
between, [120]
See also Disorders
Body,
and mind, development of, [120], [121]
development of, [146]
environment influencing, [5]
effect of mind on, [51]
gradual alterations in the shape of, [146]
infantile characteristics in later childhood, [145], [146]
Bone, and muscle, changes in, in infantile children, [148]
Books,
child's attitude towards, [99]
educative value of, [99], [100]
kinds most suitable, [99], [100]
Brachial nerve, pressure causing tetany, [81]
Breast-feeding,
best time for, [109]
causes of failure in, [108]
observations on, [106]
See also Lactation
Breath-holding, [81], [82]
action during, [84]
fatal cases of, [83]
phenomena of, [82]
Bromides, administration of, [71]
to newborn baby, [110], [111]

Cajoling, futility of, [26]
Calcium bromide, in treatment of spasms, [84]
Calcium metabolism, disturbance of, [82]
Care, ill effects of excess of, [163]
Carpo-pedal spasm, [81]
Catarrhal infections, [155]
connection of rheumatism with, [155]
Cerebral anæmia, [140]
Cerebral circulation, stagnation of, [140]
Cerebral exhaustion. See Mental Exhaustion
Cerebral functions,
rapid growth of, [5]
unstable in the child, [6]
See also Mental
Character,
formation of, [126]
during school life, [184], [186]
home influence in the development of, [182], [185], [186]
ideals of, how inculcated, [125]
Children's parties, disadvantages of, [102]
Chloral, administration of, [71]
to newborn baby, [110], [111]
in treatment of spasms, [84]
Chorea, [155]
and rheumatism, association between, [155]
symptom of cerebral irritability, [156]
treatment of, [156]
Chvostek's sign, characteristics and nature of, [81]
Circulation, cerebral,
stagnation of, [140]
nervous control of, [140]
Claustrophobia, [180]
Clothing,
kind suitable, [69]
new, child's delight in, [48]
Coaxing, [67]
futility of, 26
Cold douches, improving vasomotor tone, [154]
Coldness of extremities, [141]
Conduct,
control of, factors in, [33], [129]
errors of, and sexual instincts, [176]
control of, [39]
correction of, [127]
due to faults of management, [127]
in neuropathic children, [126]
excessive introspection influencing, [139]
ideals of, how inculcated, [125]
influence of environment on, [131]
influenced by suggestion, [13]
mother's influence on, [11]
of neuropaths, [132], [133]
perverse, [45]
suggestion in the control of, [130]

Constipation, [12]
mental causes of, [30], [80]
negativism in, [80]
perversion of suggestion a common cause of, [30]
suggestion in relation to, [80]
Constitution, delicacy of, [161]
Convulsions, fatal cases of, [83]
generalised, [81]
Convulsive disorders, [149], [150]
Cough, nervous, [73]
Counter-opposition, child's opposition growing with, [60], [67], [179]
Crying, constant, [54], [67]
formation of habit of, [115]
in emotional and excitable children, [82]
management of, [68]
mechanism of, [149]
phenomena of, [67]
purposeful, [68]
Cyclic or periodic vomiting. See Vomiting

Day-dreams, indicating nervous temperament, [137]
Deceit, [123], [124]
Defæcation, inhibition of, [11], [12], [13]
painful, [2]
Delicacy of constitution, [161]
Delirium, tendency to, [161], [162]
Depolarisation of ideas, [172]
Depression, recurrence of periods of, [61]
Dexterity, lack of, [56]
manual, advantages of, [122]
toys developing, [96]
Diaphragm, spasm of, [82]
Diarrhoea, mucous, [142]
Diet, likes and dislikes for articles of, [25]
opposition to, [25]
of newborn child, changes in, [113]
See also Food
Digestion, emotional states affecting, [52], [53]
Digestive disorders, mental causes of, [51], [52], [62]
Digestive neuroses, [50]
Digestive system, symptoms of extreme sensibility of, [141]
Dirt eating, [80]
Discipline, [43]
in later childhood, [118]
in the school, [183]
misdirected efforts at enforcing, [44]
severe, effects of, [119]
Dishonesty, [127]
Disobedience, [43], [45]
growth of, [42]
habit of, [59]
personality and, [58]
perverse attitude of, [34]
reproof and coaxing causing, [61]
Disorders, ætiology of, [14]
associated with neurosis, [145]
common, [140]-141
environment as cause and cure of, [142]
of neuropaths, [145]-159
treatment of, [142]
trifling, [162]
Diuresis, excessive, [141]
Doll, child's care of, an example of imitativeness, [23]
educative value of, [98]
Douches, cold, improving vasomotor tone, [154]
Dover's powder, [72]
Dreams, [70]
nature of, indicating nature of mental unrest, [137]
Drugs, in sleeplessness, [70], [71]
Ductless glands, in relation to infantile characteristics, [147]
Dullards, [149]
Dyspepsia, complications of, [54]
course and effects of, [54]
mental aspects of, [53]
nervous symptoms of, [53], [54]
symptoms in newborn infant, [116]
treatment, [63]

Early childhood, care during, [105]
impulse of opposition in, [35]
love of power in, [32], [36]

Early childhood, nervousness in, [104]
reasoning power in, [40]
three common neuroses of, [74]
toys, books, and amusements in, [96]
See also Newborn Baby
Education, aim of, [118]-120
by games and toys, [96]
on sexual matters, [169]
Educative value, of books, games, and toys, [98]-100
Emotional states, appetite affected by, [52]
causing spasm, [83]
management of, [82]
of neurotics, exaggeration of, [131]
physical disturbances due to, [53], [54]
producing laryngismus stridulus, [82]
Emotional storms, [68]
Endocrine glands, [147]
Enuresis, [81], [89]
causal factors in, [89], [90]
characteristics and peculiarities of, [90]-92
condition of urine during, [93]
mental aspects of, [95]
mistakes in treatment of, [94]
perversion of suggestion as cause of, [89]
removal of tonsils in, [92], [93]
treatment, essentials in, [94]
hypnotic suggestion in, [95]
methods of, [92]-93
Environment, body moulded and shaped by, [5]
change of, beneficial effects of, [13]
effect in developing child's powers, [22]
effect on common disorders, [142]
errors of, and neuropathic children, [126]
essentials of, [39]
faulty contact with, in neuropathic children, [138]
for neuropaths, [132]
influence on conduct in later childhood, [131]
influence on mental processes, [10]
influence on personality, [24], [25]
irritating nature of the adult mind in, [36], [38]
of the home, reflected in the child, [182]
of school life, [183]-186
stimulus of, [22]
susceptibility to influences of, [25], [31]
Epilepsy, cyclical character of, [61]
Evil, inborn disposition to, [130]
Excitable children, management of, [82]
Exercise, sleep in relation to, [69]
Exhaustion. See Mental Exhaustion
Expostulation, frequent, bad effects of, [124], [125]
See also Reproof
Expressions, to attract attention, [39]

Facial muscles, twitching of, [81]
associated with apnœa, [83]
Fæces, incontinence of, [92]
Fainting fits, [140]
cause and characteristics, [140]
control of, [141]
of neuropaths, [152]
Fatigue, mental, physical, and visceral, [143]
Fats, lowered tolerance to, [87]
Faults, correction of, [127]
not corrected by too frequent reproof, [124], [125]
Fear, [39]
causes of, [28]
phenomena of, [134], [135]
prominent psychical symptom of neuropathic children, [132], [133]
treatment of, [135]
Feeding, [55]
artificial, [109], [113]
factors in, [57], [58]
of newborn infant, regularity in, [116]
Fertilisation, method of imparting knowledge of, [174]

Food, force of suggestion in relation to, [25]-27
healthy desire for, [62]
likes and dislikes for, [25]
how overcome, [26]
phenomena of the desire of, [52]
refusal of, [35], [50]
nervous causes of, [52]
persistent, factors encouraging, [57]
suggestion in relation to, [57], [58]
treatment of, [26], [55], [62]
Force and cajoling, futility of, [26]
Freud, teaching of, [176]
Functional disturbances, in combination with organic disease, [4]

Gait, peculiarity of, [74]
Games, educative value of, [96], [98]
Gastric disturbances, [54]
Gastric juice, psychic secretion of, [52]
Gastric symptoms, of neurosis, [153]
Gastro-intestinal derangement, causes of, [141]
environment as cause and cure of, [142]
Gentleness, [119]
inculcation of, [129]
Girls' schools, [188]
Glottis, spasm of, strong emotion causing, [82]
"Good form," [183], [184]
Grasping habit, reproof in relation to, [21]
Growing pains, [167]

Habit spasms, age of appearance of, [74]
cause of, [74]
definition of, [73]
examples of, [73]
spread of, [75]
suggestion in relation to, [74]
treatment of, [76]
Habits, regulation of, [30]
suggestion in relation to, [30]
Habitual actions, infant's pleasure in, [77]
mental unrest in relation to, [77]
of the parent, reproduction in the child, [75]
varieties and characteristics, [77]
Habitual wakefulness, [70]
Hands, control of movement of, [19], [22]
expressionless, [56]
Happiness and contentment, of child when playing alone, [96]
Headache, periodic. See Migraine
Heat and cold, newborn baby in relation to, [106]
Heat and flushing, sudden sensations of, [141]
Heredity, and temperament, [10]
and type of child, [31]
nervous disorders in relation to, [5]
Home influence, in development of character, [182], [185], [186]
reflected in the child, [182]
Hunger, of the newborn baby, [105], [109]
Hypnotic suggestion, in treatment of enuresis, [95]
Hypnotics, [70], [71]
Hysteria, [158]
age of appearance of, [158]
suggestion in relation to, [32]
symptoms of, [158]
Hysterical girls, characteristics of, [32]

Ideals, inculcation of, [118]-119
Ideas, polarisation and depolarisation of, [172]
Illness. See Sickness
Imagination, abnormal, correction of, [138]
child's stories and tales in relation to, 137, 138
developed by toys, [98]
Imitativeness, age at which apparent, [16]
extent of, [23]
illustration of, [17], [23]
lack of, [56]
of action, [19]
of speech, [17], [18]
tell-tale child an illustration of, [18]

Incontinence of urine, [89]-[95]
Incorrigible children, [129]
Infantile characteristics, [146]
ductless glands in relation to, [147]
nervous system in relation to, [149], [150]
Infective disorders,
convalescence from, [157]
producing nervous symptoms, [167]
relation of neurosis to, [167]
Inflammatory reactions, [147]
Insomnia. See Sleeplessness
Intellect, compared with physique, [120]
Intelligence, in early childhood, [40], [41], [42]
Intestinal disturbance, [54]
of neurosis, [153]
symptom of, [157]
Intoxications, violent reaction to, [142]
Introspection, and neuropathic children, [138]
excessive, evidences of, [139]
influencing conduct, [139]
Irritation, child to be free from, [40]

Joint pains, [167]
Kindergarten school, artificial symbolism of, [24]
Kindness, inculcation of, [129]

Lactation,
care of child during, [106], [109]
care of mother during, [110]
causes of failure in, [108]
establishment of, [106], [107]
tongue-tie in relation to, [12]
Laryngismus stridulus. See Breath-holding
Later childhood,
infantile characteristics in, [146]
management in, [117]-130
mental backwardness in, [146]
Likes and dislikes, [25]
Lordosis, [151]
and neurosis, [151]
producing albuminuria, [152]