Chapter II: Part III: The Child

XXV The Sick Child 251
XXVI Baby's Sick Room 266
XXVII Digestive Disorders 274
XXVIII Contagious Diseases 285
XXIX Respiratory Diseases 300
XXX The Nervous Child 308
XXXI Nervous Diseases 323
XXXII Skin Troubles 333
XXXIII Deformities and Chronic Disorders 341
XXXIV Accidents and Emergencies 348
XXXV Diet and Nutrition 360
XXXVI Caretakers and Governesses 370
XXXVII The Power of Positive Suggestions 380
XXXVIII Play and Recreation 390
XXXIX The Puny Child 400
XL Teaching Truth 405
Appendix 427
Index 449

ILLUSTRATIONS

The mother and her child _Frontispiece_

FIGURE PAGE

1 Steps in early development 10
2 The "expectant" costume 23
3 The photophore 43
4 Taking the blood pressure 48
5 Breast binder 59
6 How to hold the baby 110
7 Making the sleeping blanket 117
8 In the sleeping blanket 118
9 Homemade ice box 149
10 Heating the bottle 151
11 A sanitary dairy 158
12 Articles needed for baby's feeding 167
13 Supporting the baby for the bath 194
14 Developmental changes 240
15 The cooling enema 290
16 X ray showing tuberculosis of the lung 346
17 Father and Mother Corn and Morning Glory 406

PART I

THE MOTHER

THE MOTHER AND HER CHILD

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