Hygiene of the nursery : including the general regimen and feeding of infants and children; massage, and the domestic management of the ordinary emergencies of early life / by Louis Starr.

  • Louis Starr
Date:
1897
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Credit: Hygiene of the nursery : including the general regimen and feeding of infants and children; massage, and the domestic management of the ordinary emergencies of early life / by Louis Starr. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    the fluid be allowed to flow away at once. The best positions for the child are either on his back with his legs well drawn up, or resting on his abdomen across the nurse's lap. Injections of glycerine and glycerine supposi- tories are also very useful for the purpose of un- loading the lower bowel. When glycerine is em- ployed, the quantity to be injected varies from one to two teaspoonfuls, according to the age of the child, and the best instrument to use is the bulb syringe, previously recommended. See p. 235. For the prevention of further constipation the diet must be regulated according to the rules given in Chapter viii, and besides regulating the food and hours for meals, bathing, sleep, exercise and cloth- ing, care must be taken to establish fixed habits of defecation. In my experience the youngest infant can be taught to use a chamber, and if this vessel be pre- sented each day at the same hour he soon falls into regular ways. Should faulty habits be established, or constipation exist, resort to injections, and ab- dominal massage at the same hour each day. After the third year the best period of the day for the bowels to be moved is immediately after breakfast, and no call of duty or pleasure should be allowed to interfere. When constipation is to be overcome natural efforts must be made then.
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