Naevi, or moles, 206.
Nurses, wet, rules for the choice of, 28.
--, diet and management of, 31.
Nursery medicines, 97.
Nursing, maternal, 3.
--; the plan to be adopted for the first six months, 7.
--; the plan to be followed after the sixth month to the time of weaning, 9.
--; the injurious effects to the mother of undue and protracted suckling, 15.
--; the injurious effects of undue and protracted suckling to the infant, 18.
Opiates, 110. 297.
--, in teething, dangerous, 145.
Pa.s.sion, its effect upon the breast-milk, 33.
Porter, of its use, by the mother during suckling, 1 --, when mischievous, 4.
Poultice, bread-and-water, how made, 116.
--, mustard, how made and applied, 115.
Purgative medicine, 97.
Retention of urine in the infant, 194.
Rhubarb, 103.
Rules for nursing, 3.
--, for the use of the warm bath, 181.
Salt, as a condiment, 61.
Scarlet fever, 239.
--, how distinguished from measles, 245.
Scrofulous const.i.tution, 180.
Sea-bathing, 120.
Seasons (the), their influence in producing particular forms of disorder, 178.
Shower-bath, 123.
Signs of health in the infant, what, 168.
--, of disease in the infant, what, 169.
Skin of the infant, importance of its perfect cleanliness, 72.
--, friction and sponging of, beneficial, 73.
Sleep, during infancy, 66.
--, childhood, 69.
--, how affected when the child is ill, 171.
Small-pox, 262.
Spirituous liquors, their pernicious effects to children, 63. 296.
Sponging, 125.
Spoon-feeding, 39.
Still-born, 187.
Stomach and bowels, their derangement, a fruitful source of disease, 208.
--, disorders of, in the infant at the breast, 210.
--, disorders of, at the period of weaning, 217.
--, disorders of, in the infant brought up by hand, 221.
--, their treatment, 222.
Stools of the infant, what the appearance of, and how frequent, in health, 99. 172.
--, their deranged condition, a sign of disease, 173.
Suckling, plan of, 3.
--, by a wet-nurse, 27.
Sugar, 60.
Swelling of the b.r.e.a.s.t.s in the infant, 195.
Teat of the cow--the artificial--the cork, 41.
Teeth, of the permanent or adult teeth, 148.
--, the manner in which they appear, 148.
--, their value and importance, 152.
--, their management and preservation, 154.
Teething, easy; management of the child, 136.
--, difficult; hints upon, 139.
Tight-lacing, evils of, 92.
Tongue-tied, 205.