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the glands of the neck, which frequently appears at this time, and may occur too when there is an absence of all strumous taint. It is only necessary to make one further remark, that in some infants a rash always precedes the cutting a tooth. Sometimes it appears in the form of hard elevated pimples as large as peas; in other instances in the form of red patches, of the size of a shilling, upon the arms, shoulders, and back of the neck. They are always harmless, require no particular attention, and prevent, I doubt not, more serious complaints.

The further management of children is treated of in the companion volume 'On the Maternal Management of Children,' to which we refer the reader.

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INDEX.

ABDOMEN, soreness and cracking of the skin of, during

pregnancy, 97

subsidence of, before labour, 145

Abscess in the breast, 210

Abstinence, use of, in the flatulence and griping of infancy, 264
After-birth, 167

After-pains, 168

Air, its importance to the nurse, 239

highly beneficial to the infant, 266, 281

Animal food, its injurious effects upon the young child; and the
period when it may be first given, 261

Aperient liniment, 292

Imedicine, for the mother, during pregnancy, 28, 154
after labour, 170

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infant after birth, 189
during infancy, 286

Areola of the breast, as a sign of pregnancy, 62

Arrow-root, 263

Artificial feeding, causes rendering it necessary, 252

the proper kind of artificial food before the first teeth
appear, 252

mode of preparing it, 253

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administering it, 256

quantity to be given, 257

frequency of giving it, 257, 258

posture of the infant when fed, 258

proper kind after the first teeth have appeared, 259
kind of artificial food most suitable under the different
complaints to which infants are liable, 263

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Atmosphere, a damp and humid state of it, injurious to the

infant, 282

Attendants in the lying-in room, 147

QACK, must not be too forcibly pressed during labour, 151

BA Baked flour, 260

Bandage, the application of, after labour, 166, 179

to the legs and feet, when swollen, &c., during pregnancy, 89,

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Bearing down, during pregnancy, 105

in the early part of a labour a bad practice, 161
when useful in labour, 165

Bed, its preparation for a labour, 154

not to be too much indulged in during labour, 161
Bedroom of a lying-in woman, 153

Beef-tea, how to be prepared for the child, 260

Belt sometimes useful during pregnancy, and its kind, 34, 98
Belly-band, 187

Bladder, torpidity of, during pregnancy, 100

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irritability of, during pregnancy, 101

how sometimes affected during labour, 157
caution about, subsequent to delivery, 170
Bleeding from the navel-string, 199

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navel, 201

leech bites, how controlled, 300

Blisters for the infant, cautions, 301

Bottle, sucking, 256

Bowels of the mother, their management during pregnancy, 28

prior to delivery, 154

subsequent to labour, 170

infant, their management immediately after birth, 189
what the condition of its stools when in health,

286

training of, 277

Breast of the mother, changes in, the result of pregnancy,
38, 60

painful and distended condition of, during preg-
nancy, 94

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pressure upon, during pregnancy, injurious,

Breast of the mother after labour, management of, 173
inflammation of, after labour, 210
hardness of, after abscess, 217

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infant, swelling of, 196

glass, for self use (figure), 213

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Carrying of the infant, 282
Castor oil, 154, 287

Ceasing to be unwell, the dependence to be placed upon it as an
evidence of pregnancy, 51

Chicken broth, how prepared for the child, 261

Child, violent movements of, during pregnancy, 96

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its movements sometimes not felt during pregnancy, 68
directions for its management when born before the arrival
of the medical man, 166

directions for its management when still-born, 190

after birth, washing of, 184

putting up the navel-string, 187

dressing, 187

medicine, 189

putting to the breast, 189

of injuries received during its birth, 195

retention of its urine and motions, 196

swelling of its breasts, 196

discharge from the eyes, 197

hare-lip, 198

bleeding from the navel-string, 199

ulceration, or imperfect healing of its navel, 200

bleeding from the navel, 201

jaundice, 201

tongue-tied, 202

moles and marks on its skin, 202

Chloroform, 142

Choice of a monthly nurse, directions for, 147
wet nurse, rules for, 244

Clark, Sir James, quoted, 20, 261

Cleanliness of the lying-in mother, 173

and bathing of infant, 274

Climate in connection with miscarriage, 118

Clothing of infant, 278

Clysters, what kind best for infants, 291

mode of application, 292

Cold, infants very susceptible of, 278

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