Let Them Sleep.
It is a general idea that it 'a child ha* a fall, striking . its- Head, and .»how*/:a,y, tendency to Bleep tner»«ifter r every effort must be made to kaep" ifawakef. Nowr ? according to ouirr, best 'RJBgaHJimns this i theory is a mistaken one, atM>mnch harm is done #M*, a - JBiwhatthe bcatri.of the Sufferer want* more than anything else, ana if not aljo^ed. what might haWTMWsed off m * few hours may resutt'in feflatf ii^fl»aAl§ f f termiuate m deatUii Do not fasli frightened, mothers, if your bojrjdlf^dpw*:^ stairs, bumps his^bead witi^|Qrcp,iana .^ then shows a" disposition tof sleep ; w . him; on. the bed, loosen, his clotue»*ai» ' • apply thin cloths wet v witb wK6h ) H*teV^ ' water to his bead. v^Eeep "his feefr-tael xi limbs warm with irons, or bottle* -filled witb hot water. Darken tfcft rc^in^aud keep it as quiet as po&ible, and whan the doctor comes Nature will have aided him m his treatment 1 by tier " aweefcreßtotot;* a sleep. .y ' "^'' . ... '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 228, 23 August 1884, Page 2
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162Let Them Sleep. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 228, 23 August 1884, Page 2
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