"THE CARE OF CHILDREN."

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 730, 1 February 1910, Page 3

"THE CARE OF CHILDREN."

..^.EE^IEW.

'■'r'M; vTO^-^^ef>f.v.plmdren''fr6m-; : Babyhopd' :-;;.l'; ';•■:: to .Adolescence," ■'.: by"Bernard.;^Myers,' :: ;!v?i; :':;■;: M.B.v;CJiI:;;SIJI.C.S.,'IJI.C.P:;, L.M.,: iri'•.'. %:■:£.*> author of v".Home.:Nursing." ;:Henry ■•v: ■:-K'Jv.vKemptbjDi'i London;'/ ls;/Cd; ; ; : ; '&:Ot:; :■'• ■& !■£•". "iJisilyersy' who;' fakes/as':; his '■';' motto U ?f ff'f.■fSie'i hand : ;that;,rpcks"ithe world,";,has;Ucer■::j 'i:i'-!*': taiiiy;i - ; 'pains :; toVdirect, 1 . vthe 'S^!. vjiandjviH^itsyscientific his; ■''■ •.;;y ; .; ; little it)^V:'dei^:iimost : Uc6inprehensiyeiy. S''/;vJ^th^the''. ; car^ ■':?,-' -'?,»jplidit..instructions 'on "a .'large';number of ■isfx pHpints.iin';a;-style;.that; is,. -.delightiully, ::;>?■;: ' '. V :V : >'A.:"glancej at ;the;. table : - of //contents, , . ./;:;,/'where '..the .various;, chaptersare' summar- : ab-. : viiS.;Bolutely/nothlng.: hiaS .been/ omitted, land , ; ;;;SS,.ttere r is' na a :doubt^,that; it iWill/be, of i^:'-/' tp&k '.mothers,. , especially.. • U vS'iitt: jsoimg imothefs }living;iin ;• the/country/; '■'• --■. ;'.S 'A : complete list of, a/baby's ;wardrobo' and; •".'■l-"'-;:'; l ;" requirements;;is[given? and, ;by;.the';.way,. /;::te:/^qne''i'or?two:;b^nnets";"'figuje- ; ;!,:';■■•. though' :; tnese''Wpuld ..hardly;: be' -required' ■:s:'}■_ -vVtill .the.;infant';was bld;enough : to-sit-up, .;,:;;/ 'and he" recominends; also , a: Turkey sponge prefer, a Swasher/made^.of:/soft : :cotton/'inaferial'as ;-: Vi ;;v'/being/in<ire'ihygienic;;.;/>,;:/:/'//V ; : /: ;<;//;',/ :.a:Vvv' ; v i;:s:'?; : :';;/ftVprove; and • admire, : but.called attention: to V;;! ; S ■~/ .'/'-c.:' birth 'ipij. the ;child,"/;.:says /nSfißr^Myers.^^the^irurse:wraps-a ; .'warm ;-/,;;;v?flaniiel;;around:" it,'; andvplaces:'it'-inia :-;'^Wwarm; ! ;and ! : mains //untiKshe'is- ready :■' to.'iwashyt." ■, : :;;;fvDootpis;'."nowadays; urge '.that '.an', irifanVs. v ■,'':;: eyes; must "> be »washea; •' iinmediatelyrit .is' I- «;v.-born;q;lt j ;■; be.' ■ : --./'v;V'altoißed. , '!»?:-a|idj.tlie.-"ejes':inuy;Vat"onee. : j--/.'::/,be:bathed'with.a'solution of:boraoii acid,' :/vy;i-}>hile vfor ; 'several'' days;; care"; : - ; ; ; .:.'-: takenthat':'tte waterin ; which 'the child' i .;f : ',-,ls : bathed/does .no't'.get.into.'itseyes.lProJ| {| \ babljoyi siity ;• pert 'cent:;; , of ',:- the v cases.v : of; Sarise;; from > failure'•.■'. take "'v'/'i:' just j; this and : : many , fty;^-^ : mn;; : :'/':-■>■ y,blirid|ies?, , ' , .']iasi'plea'ded iwith-'Aniencan tp-'gnardV;tberJchildr.ei' v frpm.'-'a''. '■; ;■';' possible.!: lifetim'e;--pf. r.Sarkness^^' -by.;; insist-j £ > ! .";,;.,in'g;;that "t£is.'- dariger.,'. : shall;/nbt be';.oyer-. //■-<:: '/•■■Blibyls/fiist'. bath\is "described;'bj. :Dr. -: '■- .-;fi Myers rat some /length;: and here, he' raises • •S vrieome; debatable^.points,'whether/oil should , ■■d -'i r :- : or/should f.not , ,be^'used, , J and;- bthor;.such ■■> ';?■,■ details.'/ The", expert,; recommends/ oil, ;arid; M"£i\ Temarks/that' ini'dealingiwitlif'bathsfgeh-. 6. ; oi-X ayoiding-ft/all J; j /nnnecessary;: |t : il' : '^tiWing/attuf'''6f;, , ;the , i'ihfaiit';.'diiMf/'-.'the'' ;y&;performing': of' battiand '■:■■ dressing,. ;rior ;:;'" ; jdoes : iheVmentiqn«the: harmfulness iin ithe ;, /'V-infanlrwlule-.holding it;»; Alsp;rshe' : points

■v,-': put.rthai'irivthjs-clmateVMantsomayibe -.' i ; : '-.-'' :-j>utfout:;of: doors to;:sleep' intheirbbtsiin ■;';..;vjnild;-weatherafter : : .the'. ; third : diy.;.:All ■.;.'\-' ; :J-Vtße';-sunsliiiiie'Jßno_iild'be.takeii--.adTeiitage:

■ vJ-of ,■- taking; : care, of jc'ouree,;, to" shield \the, ; ■ '•': child ;.by means. of sereene, ' eto.v' from sun ; day's.a..quite : ;: i'jf 'ywihgt;infant ;-may. .*si*end.> hours - inf.- the i v 'the .wind. Dr.':l ;'V.>Myers?is^muoh : 'lessiconyJnced.pf .the :ex-'- '••©: .cellent/.effecte • of -/.tke .open 'airivand ::w.ould ( | V : . ; :t'notybr.^the- ; firsl;■;■m'onth:;havβ:4 child ; | ,; ! ,.^v;Out',of>dbbra.except:in the-nnrse's-anns./' : ; ; i^Ki'^ei^ert^pomments^ofl ' one::, or j two; V>l-:^pt]ier^^^n^'.ifant'7(»nfflder i s'':tha.t<.' < on'tth'e-. , /:.,:Vwhole ; the;b(X)k -cqntajns .useful.: a'd-, ',-/:;,-:child*:as/.it:advances;:,-' Ouri copy;- ; o"f ',&*, -'■ i.-: book' •■: cbmes from ;Whitco'mbo.; and' &ftiTombs:i , v->;:;.-;?- i «^va'fV^v: : -^;-^ J .-- ; '-vt^'