A manual for the classification, training, and education of the feeble-minded, imbecile, & idiotic / by P. Martin Duncan and William Millard.
- Date:
- 1866
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A manual for the classification, training, and education of the feeble-minded, imbecile, & idiotic / by P. Martin Duncan and William Millard. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![\ ]08 CHAPTER IX. BATHS, BATHING, AND TVASHINa. Baths are to be used both for the sake of health and cleanliness. For the elder cases the ordinary bath with its warm and cold water pipes is necessary; but for the younger, especially for those who are timid and fretful, the simple round shallow bath is the best. Except when ordered to the contrary by the medical man, the water should be tepid, never cold, and not above 90°. The elder ones can bathe themselves, but the attendant should be in the room; the younger should be attended to by the nurse, and should be sponged over with a large sponge so that the mouth be not filled with water, or the child frightened or hurt. The time of remaining in the water should be short; the surface should be dried rapidly, the clothes put on immediately, and the weakly children, especially, should have a little warm milk-and-water given them, and they should be laid down for a while. If possible, the bath should be used daily, and the time for it is on rising during the early years, and either at that time or after breakfast in the case of the elder children and youths. The ordinary morning washing should be remembered: it should be managed so as not to be made disagreeable to the young; and there is no necessity for allomng the soap to get into the eyes and mouth. The nurse or attendant](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21931756_0128.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
