Chapter VII: Infant Care

I. Fiske, John. The Meaning of Infancy. Houghton. 1909. $.35. The
value of infancy to the child, the parents, society.

Forsyth, David. Children in Health and Disease. Blakiston. 1909.
336 p. Illus. $3.00. Physiology and psychology of infancy;
hygiene of childhood; diagnosis and care of children’s diseases.

Griffith, J. P. Crozier. Care of the Baby. Saunders. 1914. 455
p. Illus. $1.50. Special attention to care of sick infants and
children.

King, F. Truby. Feeding and Care of Baby. (_a_) Macmillan, 1913.
162 p. Illus. $.40. Practical, comprehensive, modern, many
illustrations. Handbook of the New Zealand Society for Health of
Women and Children.

Morse, John L. and Talbot, Fritz B. Diseases of Nutrition
and Infant Feeding. Macmillan. 1915. 346 p. Illus. $2.50.
Comprehensive, authoritative and practical discussion of milk,
maternal nursing and artificial feeding.

Newman, George. Infant Mortality. Dutton. 1907. 356 p. $2.50.
Social study of the extent, causes and prevention of infant
mortality; extensive statistics.

Pfaundler and Schlossmann. The Diseases of Children. Trans. from
the German by Shaw and La Fetra. 7 vol. Lippincott. 1908-14.
Illus. Collection of articles by eminent German authorities on
development, feeding and therapy, as well as disease.

Ramsey, Walter R. Hygiene of Infancy. Dutton. 1916. 198 p.
Illus. $1.00. Infant physiology and growth; daily care; feeding;
ailments and diseases, and their care. Thoroughly modern, simple,
practical.

Standard works, both popular handbooks and technical volumes on
pediatrics: Cotton, Fischer, Holt, Kerley, Starr. Other standard
works on pediatrics by Carr, Chapin and Pisek, Koplik.

U. S. Census Bureau. Vitality Statistics. 1913. Includes tables
showing infant mortality, by causes and years.

I._b._ West, Mrs. Max. Infant Care. (_a_) U. S. Children’s Bureau.
1915. 37 p. Illus. Free. Simple and practical directions for care
and feeding.

Pamphlets on infant hygiene and care issued by State and city
Departments of Health, and by American Medical Association Press.

Pamphlets on infant mortality, child welfare exhibits and
campaigns, issued by the U. S. Children’s Bureau.

Daily Record Sheet. Issued by School of Mothercraft 31 in set. $
.25. Blank form similar to schedule in text, for daily records.

Weight Chart. Issued by School of Mothercraft. Uniform with
Record. $.05.

II. American Journal of Diseases of Children. A. M. A. Press.
$3.00. Scientific articles; reviews and reference list of current
publications and articles in pediatrics, infant care, nutrition.

Archives of Pediatrics. New York City. $3.00. Scientific and
popular articles on child hygiene, infant care and welfare.

Pediatrics. New York City. $2.00. Technical and popular articles
on infant hygiene and welfare; book reviews.

III. Association for Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality.
Baltimore. Membership organization of physicians, social workers,
teachers. Annual conference. Printed proceedings include valuable
papers. Arranges exhibit material, issues pamphlets.

Child Welfare Exhibit Association, New York City. Issues graphic
exhibits, pamphlets; conducts local surveys and exhibits for
child welfare, including infant mortality.

Russell Sage Foundation, Child Hygiene Division. New York City.
Conducts research; issues pamphlets.

(See also Chap. XX.)