Ablution, or sponging, 125.
Abstinence, its good effect, in flatulence and griping in the infant, 50. 226.
Accidents and diseases which may occur to the infant at birth or soon after, 187.
Acids, injurious to the teeth, 159.
Air and exercise, in infancy, 83. —, in childhood, 89. —, its importance to the mother whilst a nurse, 33.
Animal food, in childhood, 55. —, its injurious effects upon the young and delicate child, 58.
Aperient liniment, 107. —, medicine, 97. —, poultice, 104.
Artificial feeding; the causes rendering it necessary, 34.
Artificial food; the proper kind for the child before the sixth month, 35. —; the mode of administering it, 39. —; the quantity to be given at each meal, 42. —; the frequency of giving it, 43. —; the posture of the child when fed, 43. —; the proper kind for the child after the sixth month, to the completion of first dentition, 44. —; the kind most suitable under the different complaints to which infants are liable, 48.
Bath, the cold-water, plunge-bath, 118. —, the shower, 123. —, the warm, 128. —, rules for the use of the warm bath, 131.