The treatment and education of mentally feeble children / by Fletcher Beach.

  • Fletcher Beach
Date:
1895
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Credit: The treatment and education of mentally feeble children / by Fletcher Beach. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    greatest possible amelioration may be effected. Attention to Hygienic Conditions.— It is necessary to secure for these child- ren a healthy site on gravelly soil, a good water supply, perfect sanitary arrange- ments, and well-ventilated rooms, capable of being warmed during the winter months. Frequent warm baths are most necessary, in order that the sebaceous and sudori- ferous glands and the capillary circulation may be kept in a good working condition. The diet ought to be plain, but liberal, and should consist of a good supply of milk, oatmeal porridge, and, except in epileptic cases, of meat, which should be cut up, or, if there be a difficulty in mastication, passed through a mincing machine. Cocoa and milk, and bread and milk are important additions to the dietary, as are also eggs, vegetables, and sound fruit. Alcohol is rarely required, and should as a rule be dispensed with except in the case of sickness.
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