[15]. A nursery-basin (Wedgewood’s make is considered the best) holding six or eight quarts of water, according to the size of the patient—whether she be either a little or a large woman. It will only be necessary to fill it about one-third full with water: this, of course, is only for the sitz-bath—the sitting-bath. The same basin for the previous washing ought to have been three parts full of water.
[16]. Rock-salt makes the strongest bath, but is much more difficult to dissolve in the water than either table salt or bay salt—the two latter being so readily dissolved.
[17]. Armstrong.
[18]. There is an admirable review in the Spectator (Feb. 17th, 1866) of a work on The Breakfast Book, in which the reviewer proves the importance of people making good and substantial breakfasts, and in which he indicates the kinds most suitable for the purpose. I have, in the text, availed myself of many of his valuable suggestions.
[19]. For the preservation of the teeth and gums, see Pye Chavasse’s Advice to a Mother on the Management of her Children, under the head of “On the Teeth and the Gums.”
[20]. Armstrong.
[21]. Armstrong.
[22]. Milton.
[23]. Longfellow.
[24]. Coleridge.