The care of the baby : a manual for mothers and nurses, containing practical directions for the management of infancy and childhood in health and in disease / by J. P. Crozer Griffith.

  • John Price Crozer Griffith
Date:
1903
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Credit: The care of the baby : a manual for mothers and nurses, containing practical directions for the management of infancy and childhood in health and in disease / by J. P. Crozer Griffith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cess for the nipples ought to be instituted, in order to prevent the formation of fissures later. A useful plan is that of applying, morning and night, a tannin solution (Appendix, ']']) to the nipples with a piece of absorbent cotton. The question often arises whether there is any way of determining the sex of the coming child, or any course which the mother can pursue to influence it. The very fact that so many different methods are heard of is excel- lent proof that none of them are good for much. The truth is that there is absolutely no reliable means known to medical science for discovering in advance whether the child will be a boy or a girl, and not the slightest power of doing anything that will have a particle of influence in producing a child of the desired sex. Disorders of Pregnancy.—There are many discom- forts of pregnancy for which the sufferer herself may be able to do much. If simple means do not avail, she should not neglect to consult her physician, for there is surely no need of enduring any inconvenience if it can be avoided. Constipation is exceedingly common at this time. The use of some laxative food, such as oatmeal por- ridge, green vegetables, figs, oranges, or stewed fruit, especially prunes, is often sufficiently effective. If not, mild drugs may be used without danger, as, for example, vSeidlitz powders, or such mineral waters, in small doses before breakfast, as Hunyadi, Rubinat, Friedrichshall, and the like, or some gentle laxative pill prescribed by the attending physician. All strong purgatives and patent medicines are to be shunned, Enemata of tepid water may be used safely. Suj)positories of glycerine or of gluten, or very small glycerine enemata are also of service. Irritability of the bladder is very common. It is relieved