THE CHILD'S HEALTH.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 572, 29 July 1909, Page 3

THE CHILD'S HEALTH.

.''•lf there were 'no,\btber-=reasbri'f.or. teaching. a : .childs;to'-oboy;:'ithdn, that the .niost.i.might! begone:,for' it.-when-it"was ill,;the;struggle; would be , well worth .'its is' fey.ejish/and- irritable,■..-yoiiv. surely.: '.caniipt , .begin :to.. teach, 'him .that,,v/hiehi'heyVshould, hayo.vbeen "line (Upon'■; line, .'pre.,.' upon..precept,".every hpur.;since hecaino 'into |; the-;, world. :; ljaving,.jearne<! ■.this, most, ..per .-cent.', to' , .-his .chances for 'recovery , whe'n,' |;'Kei/js.;.ilL! ■.":' • '■■,;■,•.■';.:;•..." '.'..A: :■'■■■.'■'■ ,'-: v \';;''; ■ ■'; A ...wise .mother once ■ told. me. that oh '.rainy, ;day3,.. when.lien; restless-.;.play:out.-of .doprs,.'she.ofteii'amuso-l. him by teaching j ;hinv '.'to; mal;o' : fuiniyi]ipi'ses 'in His is, io,'gargle;: .-WHit': bad'.b'ech; :"plajr..in.health.became a.saying'nieasu.re wh'eij: ;no.-;nad; a,,s'ore.,throat.;-jpoc'tqiv;Holt '{advises, .mothers- to. ; 'pills : .(by< menus of pijlletsror .breaxl); v ;arid. afso' ,haw, .-.to/slioj^:. tli'eir-,.tri.rda'ts.... '..'Above': all," he goes pn'itq isay,'''fteach "itVieni to:' 'doctor,' ps'-"^f;^.' ! yfi^y^beSt'--\ ;, h'hd i 'i'pSrfe'bUlar' l -friend; ■^n'a^ : .■frjgh^'.''n~.6fiild'Xntp''-obe'dietfcß'"by ; !thi'e'4tenirig , ' .drea^fur l ;:thinfes/ho;^ftay/ r d6 J| '|f:!h<? ,t!o|mcS?';i ~(T6"tTio'se.'intruSted Tvith'tlie/care";df' : child- : ren/'■/no- 'ya'mtidn !•' '.habijis ji's With 'vthb . very. v ybung,".;'the;. , my:oliintary. I ,evi-' 'dances of.Lppsitipiaj'apd';icii9n : /irfay )'b.^'. , 'flie.'i only, guide to location of : Weir. malady?. 'Unusuiir drowsiness or .wakefulness, , throwing, the head or rolling it,'Ysleeping -with thp'eyes only -'half-'-.eloseu, 1 drawing. , up the legs;:, all'lave, their, 1 Significance.; ,>\v'hen 'a child, seems it,is : wise'to : loolv -.at? tho: throdtj; 'ia. triuling .disturbance 1 -! there: - .; swill , - produce;...general symptoms put ! of-all- proportion; -tonthe seriousr. ■riess-.of;'the ; .irpublei' Vw.i, f.:. .is,',!":!•;<• :ic.;,■: : y -An'eminent authority, statesithat the: brain ■of. a/.child:"grows ..more in. ; ,the;,'first;year..,of '.its'-lifp'.than-in allftho, subsequent\years ■,put 'together; , !'.' It -is''because of this rapidity of growth,'and;-development that;.the. nervous : system;ofja--child is uustable...;This accounts. 'for ijhe-.ea'sfly fluctuating temperature,.which robs.thisiSYmptom,'of,;the seriuusness attached - id ;it- in.'tne'.Case:.: of ..'.^Vlth; children 'it _is :only, a : -persistently; liigh'-temperaturo •which needs ; attention., Too. much . excite"'--merits pleasurable.;, or the ■■reverse,: too. hard' play;' some 'slight'punishment,,,may cause, a 'fever.temperature at bedtime-whioh will disappear during a..night!s,, ; rest.. *.This Js,:not generally "triie. of -grown pe0p1e.,'.,.. ■_;,: ' : Z\ '■';' The normal pulse ratq ; a; child; is. much faster i.than.;. that of a ; grown T iip, and . th'e degree 1 of' rapidity; decreases;'as', tho.agb'of • the. child increases.:, The heart,, of' ( , a ).:• .baby, ' beats' 'at birth ~abput'. one hundred., and 'fifty' times;a niimito;'.a,t six: mpnths, ; about-one hundred -and twenty.; at four or' , five years, about one hundred -/eighty-five at ten- year's, and-itjs not ;till>'about; fifteen that it/settles : down :tb th6 ; adult; rate, sisty-five.toseventy-:' two. a minute: ■.-"•Tho:'pu]s3-of. a-child: can, only :be.counted with .any approach of accu-.i racy;;when-?it-.is. asleep.".-.; Lay i.tho.. forefinger lightly--.in:.-frbßt.-;of;dh , e,'^r,.\qni;thißl > |emple,.on'.the.wrist ;jus.t ibelow.ithe-thuuibi'tor on ■tho.-jnside of just-above .-.the.bone,; andcount :the throbs' as .they come ,iip, against ■your,finger.-. The heart's pulsations. '.can be seen ;in :the;. soft .-place ..on -.top- of a baby's head, and: connted without touching it. ..'.'.> : ;From theso facts it.isnot difficult to under-; stand,.the, reason .-why ".young children, .should be from all ;kirids . ..of .excitement. .That,;most;eminent; authority, 'Doctor,-Hoi says,,."Never'play, with;a, babyv.be'foie c it; is; six months old; nor 'with: any :young child a\ he'dtime.' , ';:' , . '.'.'.■': '■ .'• ...'■ ■: f '■■ ■■-......-^ v j 'v:-':';