The Nervous Child

by Hector Charles Cameron

Manual dexterity, advantages of, [122]
Massage, improving tone of muscles, [154]
Medicines, sensitiveness to, [26]
Melancholy children, [157]
Mental aspects, of digestive disorders, [51]-54
of enuresis, [95]
of management in early childhood, [31]
Mental backwardness,
and infantile characteristics, [146]
in later childhood, [146]
Mental disturbances,
cyclical character of, [61]
indicating neuropathic tendencies, [132], [133]
irregularities of sleep due to, [68]
psycho-analysis of, [177], [178]
Mental exhaustion,
during convalescence from infective disorders, [157]
easily produced in nervous children, [143]
Mental irritability, chorea a symptom of, [156]
Mental life of the child, [101]
Mental power,
active before beginning of speech, [40]
in early childhood, [40]
Mental processes, development of, [5], [22], [23], [50]
age at which most apparent, [16]
in later childhood, [117]
effect of unconscious suggestions on, [29]
heredity in relation to, [10]
influence of environment on, [10], [22]
Mental training, [122]
compared with physical training, [120]
objects and advantages of, [122], [126]
Mental unrest,
avoidance of, [67]
crying in relation to, [67]
digestive disturbances due to, [62]
growth of neuroses in atmosphere of, [75]
habitual actions in relation to, [77]
in the adult, [7]
in the child, [6], [7]
negativism due to, [60]
of newborn infant, effects of, [107]
See also Nervous Unrest
Micturition,
functional disorder of, [30]
negativism in, [81]
regulation of, [30]
See also Enuresis
Migraine,
periodic vomiting associated with, [85]
symptom of nervous exhaustion, [87]
Mind,
and body, development of, [120], [121]
effect on the body, [51]
vigour of, in relation to that of body, [120]
Money, theft of, [127]
Montessori system of training, [20], [23], [121]
Moral degeneracy, [126]
Moral standard of school life, [183]
Moral training, [123]
importance and effects of, [120]
negative virtues and, [124]
objects and advantages of, [123], [126]
parents' responsibilities in, [123], [124]
Morals, public opinion forming code of, [183]
Morbid introspection, [139]
Mothers,
ability and inability to manage children, [8]
attitude in regard to temperament of child, [10], 11
care of, during lactation, [110]
conduct of child influenced by, [11]
inability to understand nature of child's disorders, [5]
influence of, on tone and manner of speech, [17]
mental environment of child created by, [8]
personality of, [7]
relation to the child, [101]
Motionless children, [157]
Mouth, habit of conveying everything to, cause of, [19]
Movements,
precision of, [20]
purposive, development of, [19], [21]
self-command of, [21]
Muscular atrophy, and neurosis, [151]
Muscular system,
changes in infantile children, [148]
weak development of, [151]
Muscular tone, how improved, [154]
Myopathy, primary, [151]

Nasal obstruction
and failure of lactation, [12], 108
night-terrors aggravated by, [136]
Natural history, sexual matters taught by, [174]
Naughtiness, child's delight in, [45]
Naughty, use of the term, [44]
Negative virtues, and moral training, [124]
Negativism, [3], [12], [13]
cause of, [60], [61]
characteristics, [50]
factors developing, [56]
in constipation, [80]
in micturition, [81]
spirit of, [45]
treatment of, [60]
want of sleep depending on, [64]
Nerve centres, controlling movement, development of, [21]
Nervous control, instability of, connection between bodily ailments
and, [120]
Nervous cough, [73]
Nervous disorders,
and psycho-analysis, [177], [178]
common, causes, characteristics, and treatment, [140]-142
frequency of, [50]
Nervous exhaustion, cyclic vomiting and migraine symptoms of, [87]
Nervous instability, stigma of, [140]-142

Nervous system, abnormal in children, [149]
in relation to cyclic vomiting, [85]
increased irritability of, [81]
infantile characteristics of, [149]
Nervous unrest, environment in relation to, [142]
factors increasing, [61]
manifestations of, [73]
recurrence of periods of, [61]
symptoms of, [6], [7]
See also Mental Unrest
Nervous vomiting. See Vomiting
Nervousness, and digestive disorders, [53], [54]
and neuropathy, [132]-135
in early infancy, [104]
in older children, [131]-144
parents' attitude causing, [31]
Nettlerash, [161]
Neurasthenia, [157]
Neuropathic children, common symptoms of, [140]-144
conduct of, [133]
faulty contact with environment in, [138]
fear the prominent symptom of, [133]
introspection and self-consciousness of, [138]
management of, [150]
training of, [126]
Neuropathic tendencies, evidence of, in older children, [133]
Neuropaths, adult, [143]
faulty management in child life leading to, [2], [14]
phenomena of, [132]
phobias of, [143]
selection of suitable environment for, [132], [133]
symptoms of, [7]
Neuroses, and psycho-analysis, [177], [180]
association of albuminuria with, [153]
constipation frequently due to, [80]
examination of, [82]
growth in atmosphere of unrest and apprehension, [75]
relation of, to infection of the body, [167]
treatment of, [153]
Neurotics, and physique, [145], [151]
characteristics, [131], [132]
exaggeration of emotions of, [131]
Newborn baby, administration of sedatives to, [110]
artificial feeding of, [109], [113]
breast feeding of, [106], [107]
case of, [105], [109], [114], [115]
effect of mental unrest on, [107]
first impressions of, [104]
formation of habits of sleep and crying in, [115]
heat and cold in relation to, [106]
hunger of, [105], [109]
induction of the sucking movements of, [106]
of nervous inheritance, [105]
personality of, [104]
prevention of restlessness and crying, [114], [115]
reduction of sense stimuli in, [105]
reflex action of sucking in, [108]
sense of taste of, [113]
symptoms of dyspepsia in, [116]
times of feeding, [116]
weaning of, [113], [114]
Night-terrors, aggravation of, [70], [136]
causes of, [135]
of neuropathic children, [134]
Nursery, activities in, child's interest in, [22]-23
importance of child's being alone
in, [36], [38], [96], [99], [101]
observations in, [16]
Nursery life, advantages of, [9]
Nursery psycho-therapeutics, [15]
Nurses, ability and inability to manage children, [9]
influence of, on tone and manner of speech, [17]
mental environment of child created by, [8]
personality of, [7]
Nursing, during sickness, [166]
of the newborn infant, [105]-115

Obedience, [49]
and perverse pleasure, [34]
growth of, [42]
Obsession of bed wetting, [89], [91]
Opposition, [61]
and counter-opposition, [67], [179]
during sickness, [160]
force of, factors influencing development, [60]
habit of, [59]
impulse of, [35]
love of, in early childhood, [59], [60]
to food, [25]
Organic disturbance, in combination with functional trouble, [4]

Pain, frequent loss of sense of, in neuropaths, [138], [139]
Pallor, [152]
sudden attacks of, [141]
Palpitation, example of visceral fatigue, [143]
Parathyroid glands, function of, [147]
Parents,
and children, conflict between, [43], [44]
and silence on sexual matters, [170]
habitual actions of, reproduced in the child, [75]
mental attitude of, in relation to conduct, [31]
over-exercise of authority by, results of, [42], [43], [45]
responsibilities in moral training of child, [123], [124]
suggestions unconsciously conveyed by, evil results of, [31], [164], [166]
Parties, disadvantages of, [102]
Patient, temperament of, physician in relation to, [4]
Pelvis, development of, [146]
Peripheral nerves, increase in irritability and conductivity of, [81]
Personal adornment, delight in, [48]
Personality,
and disobedience, [58]
child's own conception of, [24], [129]
environment influencing, [25]
in early childhood, [32], [165]
of newborn baby, [104]
Perspiration, abundant, sudden attacks of, [141]
Phobias, 14
characteristics and varieties, [134], [135]
frequency of, [134]
treatment of, [135]
Physical defects, accompanying neurosis, [145], [151]
Physical disturbances, due to emotion, [53], [54]
Physical exercise, lack of, causing want of sleep, [69]
Physical fatigue, easily produced in nervous children, [143]
Physical phenomena of neuropaths, [132]
Physical training, [121]
objects and advantages of, [121], [122], [126]
Physician,
and the temperament of his patient, [4]
examination by, [2], [3], [13]
diagnosis by, [2], [3], [13]
difficulties of, [4]
Physique, intellect compared with, [120]
Pica and dirt eating, [80]
Picture books,
educative value of, [100]
kinds most suitable, [99], [100]
Play,
happiness of child during, [96]
in the nursery, [36], [37]
with grown-up persons, [36], [38]
Pleasure, sense of, in early childhood, [48]
Polarisation of ideas, [172]
Postural albuminuria, [152]
Posture, faulty, [161], [162]
prevention of, [154]
Power, child's love of, [32], [59]
Precision of movement, development of, [19], [96]
Psycho-analysis,
dangers of, [180]
observations on, [176], [177]
Public schools, character and effects of, [183]

Punishment,
deserved and undeserved, [126]
frequent, disadvantages of, [47]
observations on, [39], [46]
Purity, inculcation of high ideals of, [175]
Purposive movements, earliest,
cause of, [19]
encouragement of, [24]
Pyloric spasm, [112]
Pyrexia, [88]
organic disease in relation to, [88]

Rational hygiene, [5]
Reasoning power, [40]
active before advent of speech, [40]
factors influencing development of, [40], [41], [117], [118]
Regulation of habits, [30]
Repression, by older children of younger, [47]
Reproduction, method of imparting knowledge of, [174]
Reproof, [20], [21], [24]
cases in which useless, [60], [124]
causing disobedience, [61], [124]
effects of, [33], [36], [47], [124]
extreme sensitiveness to, 46
perverse pleasure of, [34]
too frequent repetition of, futility of, [44], [45], [47], [60], [124], [125]
Restlessness, during sickness, [160]
Rewards, use and dangers of, [48]
Rheumatism, [155]
and chorea, association between, [155]
characteristics in childhood, [156]
subacute, [167]
treatment of, [156]
Rickets,
mental and intellectual condition in, [120]
in infantile children, [148]
occurrence with spasmophilia, [82]
Right and wrong, appreciation of, in early childhood, [42]
Round shoulders, [151]

St. Vitus's dance, [167]
Salts, excretion of, [147]
School life, [182], [184]
and sexual matters, [171], [175]
moral standard of, [183]
moral training and, [123]
moulding of character during, [184]
of boys, [183]-187
of girls, [188]
Schools, public, character and effects of, [183]
Scoliosis, prevention of, [154]
Secretions, anomalies of, [141]
Self, child's conception of, [48]
Self-conscious children, complaints of, [139]
Self-consciousness, of neuropathic children, [138]
Self-discipline, development of, [125], [126]
Self-education, in the nursery, [96]
Self-feeding, [55]
Self-preservation, morbid instinct of, [134]
Self-sacrifice, not to be expected in early childhood, [48]-49
Sensations,
acuteness of, [69]
bodily, of neuropaths, [138]
Sense perception, of neuropaths, [132]
Sense stimuli,
cultivation of perception of, [23]
in newborn babies, [105]
Sexual matters,
education on, [168]
method of, [174]
errors of conduct and, [176]
parents' silence in regard to, [170]
psycho-analysis in relation to, [177], [178]
school life in relation to, [171], [175]
Sickness, [160]
evil effects of suggestions unconsciously conveyed by parents
during, [164], [166]
management during, [160], [163]
nurse and mother during, [166]
opposition during, [160]
temperature during, [161]
therapeutic measures in, [164]
therapeutic procedures concentrating child's mind on his symptoms, [163]

Sleep, estimation of the amount of, [136]
force of suggestion in relation to, [27], [28]
formation of habit of, [115]
light and broken, cause of, [68], [136], [137]
of newborn infant, [114]
sound, beneficial effects of, [71]
Sleeping attire, [69]
Sleeplessness, breaking of the habit of, [70]
causes and characteristics, [64]
drugs in, [70], [71]
in older children, [136]
lack of physical exercise causing, [69]
suggestion in relation to, [27], [28], [70]
treatment of, [67], [70], [137]
Sleep-walking, [137]
Snatching, habit of, [20]
Spasmophilia, [81]
ætiology of, [81]
drugs in treatment of, [84]
occurrence of rickets with, [82]
Spasms, control of, [84]
fatal, [83]
Speech, beginnings of, [17], [18]
facility with which local accent is acquired, [17]
imitativeness of, [17], [18]
infant's reasoning power present before advent of, [40]
influence of nurses and mothers on tone and manner of, [17]
Spinal deformity, prevention of, [154]
Spinal muscles, atrophy of, [151]
Spoon feeding, [113]
Status catarrhalis, [150]
Status lymphaticus, [150]
Story-telling, [99], [100]
Sucking movements, of newborn child, induction of, [106]
see also Lactation
Suggestion, and habit spasms, [74]
appetite in relation to, [52]
bed wetting in relation to, [89]
bodily habits in relation to, [30]
characteristics, [24]
conduct influenced by, [13], [130]
constipation in relation to, [80]
effect on mental processes, [29]
food in relation to, [25]
force of, on child's mind, [27], [75]
hysteria in relation to, [32]
perverse influence of, [29], [30]
bad habits due to, [89], [90]
causing constipation, [30]
want of sleep depending upon, [64]
refusal of food in relation to, [57], [58]
sleep in relation to, [27]
susceptibility to, [29], [57]
unconsciously conveyed by parents, evil results of, [31], [164], [166]
Suicide, [52]
Suspicions, aroused in the child, [57], [58]
Syncopal attacks, causes and characteristics, [140], [141]

Tactile sensation. See Touch
Taste, perversion of, [26], [57]
sensations of, [25]
how controlled, [26]
sense of, in newborn infant, [113]
Teething convulsions, [148]
Tell-tale child, characteristics, [18]
Temperament, diversity of, [10]
heredity and, [10]
mother's attitude in relation to, [10], [11]
of the patient, physician in relation to, [4]
Temperature, during sickness, [161]
inexplicable rises in, [88]
Terror, causes, of, [28]
Tetany, liability to, in increased irritability of nervous system, [81]
pressure to brachial nerve causing, [81]
Theatres, disadvantages of, [103]
Theft, [52], [127]
Therapeutic conversation, [124], [125]

Thigh rubbing,
avoidance of, [78]
characteristics, [78]
habitual action of, [78]
Thorax, development of, [146]
Thumb sucking, [78], [79]
persistence of the habit, [79]
Tongue-tie, in relation to lactation, [12]
Tonics, [155]
Tonsils, removal of, in treatment of enuresis, [93]
Touch, sense of,
cultivation of, [23]
early development of, [19], [20]
organs with greatest development of, [19]
Toys,
child's interest in, [36]
educative value of, [96], [98]
kind most suitable, [97]
Training, early, importance and object of, [2]
Trousseau's sign, nature and production of, [81]
Truthfulness, [123], [124]
inculcation of, [128]
Twitching of facial muscles, [81], [83]
Tyranny of tears, [116]

Unkindness, habitual, of children to others, [129]
Untruthfulness, [126]
over-exercise of authority encouraging, [43]
Urine,
condition in enuresis, [93]
incontinence of, methods of treatment, [92], [93]
See also Enuresis
increased secretion of, [141]
irritation of, [148]

Vasomotor instability,
conditions indicating, [140], [141]
in neuropaths, [152]
Vasomotor tone, how improved, [154]
Virtuous, definition of the term, [183]
Visceral fatigue, easily produced in nervous children, [143]
Vocabulary, [18]
Voice, tone of, [17]
Voluntary movements, development of cerebral centres controlling, [19]
Vomiting, cyclic, [50], [55]
ætiology of, [85]
age at which it occurs, [86]
case illustrating, [51]
causes and characteristics, [62], [86]
class of child affected by, [87]
condition of the child during, [86]
frequency of attacks, [86]
migraine in association with, [85]
nervous system in relation to, [85], [87]
treatment of, [62], [63], [87]