Suggestions to mothers on the management of their children / by a mother. Rev. throughout by a physician.

Date:
1889
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Credit: Suggestions to mothers on the management of their children / by a mother. Rev. throughout by a physician. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    7, If you have not a sufficient supply of water, complain at the Sanitary Office. [See ‘ Feeding,’ pp. 63 to 301, in which all these subjects are treated of.] (2)) Treatment of Diarrhoea.—Diarrhoea is always dangerous in young children. Have medical advice immediately. Early treatment may sometimes prevent an attack being fatal. [See pp. 223-225.] Exposure to Infection. Let me draw attention to the fact that if you allow your children, while suffering from scarlet fever, measles, whooping cough, or any other infectious disorder, to mix with other children, or in any way expose other children to infection, a heavy penalty is incurred under the Public Health Act. Children suffering from such diseases should be kept carefully isolated as follows :— Scarlet fever for at least 6 weeks. Measles „ „ 3 weeks. Whooping cough „ 2 months. The isolation which prevents your neighbour’s children from catching infection from yours is equally advantageous for your own children, as ‘ catching cold ’ during the early period of convalescence is the usual cause of death from in- fectious complaints. Arthur Newsholme, M.D., Medical Officer of Health for Brighto . ‘ Erst wagen, dann wagen ’ (First weigh, then venture).
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