A hand-book of nursing for family and general use.

Date:: [1878], ©1878

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Credit: A hand-book of nursing for family and general use. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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is taken upon the shoulders, and which does not compress any part. High-heeled shoes and boots.—The slight pitching for- ward of the body, which is always unavoidable when high heels are worn, brings the whole frame a little out of line, and destroys the mechanical arrangement by which we are able to stand up straight. The weight of the body is thrown directly on the muscles, those of the back coming in for an extra share of the abuse. Fa- tigue after short walks and constant pain in the back are often chargeable to high-heeled boots and slippers. Food. Children require food which is good and agreeable to them, but they can be taught to like that which is nourishing and suitable if they begin young enough. Children are up early; are active during every moment of freedom, and probably walk much farther than their elders daily; they are growing; and for all these reasons they require nourishing food at shorter intervals than do their elders. When the family breakfast is late and the children are expected to wait for it, they should always have a glass of milk as soon as they are dressed. Many a child runs about an hour or two every morning without food, and comes to a late breakfast too tired to eat, or so hungry that more food than can be assimilated is taken. Give a child a hearty breakfast always, with eggs or meat or fish, and some farinaceous article, and as much bread and butter and milk as he will take. Dinner comes after a long morning of constant activity, or of more wearing fatigue in sitting still in an unventi- lated school-room. To select this time for giving a child what is called a good lunch—that is-, chipped beef and crackers, or hash, or cake—is a mischievous mistake.