The Jewish child : its history, folklore, biology, & sociology / by W.M. Feldman ; with an introduction by Sir James Crichton-Browne.

William Moses Feldman

Date:: 1917

Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Credit: The Jewish child : its history, folklore, biology, & sociology / by W.M. Feldman ; with an introduction by Sir James Crichton-Browne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$xvi \ Contents CHAPTER X PHILOSOPHICAL SPECULATIONS ABOUT THE EMBRYO pa(;E4 Body and soul—All souls created during first six days of creation of world—Leibnitz's scatulation theory of souls—Angels protecting the embryo—Knowledge¡¡acquired by embryo— Platonic view—Both Talmudic speculation and Plato's view probably originate from Egyptian myth—Crying at birth—^Yetzer Tov and Yetzer Hora—Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde—Explanation of flexed position of foetus—Wonders and mysteries of foetal development—Microcosmic theory— Helplessness of new-born baby - . - 145-152 PART III BIRTH AND EARLY INFANCY CHAPTER XI THE BIRTH OF THE CHILD Obstetric considerations—Labour pains—Greater with female children—Causes of pains, and remedies—Mechanism of labour—Abnormal presentations: Breech and transverse— Position of woman during labour— Birth stool —Rôle of midwife—Difficult labour—Death during labour— Obstetric operations—Embryotomy—Csesarean section— Indications for operation—Sterilization—Vagitus uterinus —Superstitions and customs in connection with the birth of a child—Talmudic compared with Syriac astrology and with mediaeval folklore—Demonology—Lilith and other pixies—Ceremonies—Privileges of first-born son—Identifi¬ cation of first-born ----- 153-172 CHAPTER XII THE INFANT AND ITS MOTHER The infant—Viability—Baby's immediate care—Resuscitation of stillborn—Cutting of cord—Bathing—Sprinkling with salt—Swaddling-clothes—Rubbing with oil—Manipulation of head—Asube yenuka—Breast feeding—Care of mother duiing lying-in and lactation—Lactation of very great importance—Circumstances affecting the quality of the$