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Title: The health-care of the baby; a handbook for mothers and nurses
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Fischer, Louis, 1864- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Infants
Publisher: New York and London, Funk and Wagnalls company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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oning may result,with fever and convulsions. When convul-sions appear the muscles of the arms and .)-* THE HEALTH CAKE or THE BABY legs arc usually stiffened, the facial musclesare distorted, the eyes roll upwards, the jawsare firm, the teeth locked, and frothing of themouth may take place. When convulsionsoccur the physician should be summoned;until then, the following general rules shouldbe followed:Mustard An ice-cold cloth or an ice-bag may be laid Foot-bath. & * on the head. A mustard foot-bath should begiven by immersing the feet in water, as hotas can be borne by the hand, to wThich oneor twTo tablespoonfuls of powdered mustardshould be added. The feet should be batheduntil the skin is reddened or until the muscu-lar rigidity ceases. The bath should not beprolonged more than three minutes. If thespasm continues after the mustard foot-bathhas been given, then a pint of soapwatershould be injected into the bowels as an enemaand continued until a movement of the bowelsresults.
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CORRECT METHOD OF GIVING MASSAGE TO RELIEVE CONSTIPATIONNote the Position of the Right Hand of the Nurse CHAPTER IICONSTIPATION THE babys bowels should move at leastonce in every twenty-four hours. If theaction of the bowels is sluggish, he will nothave a movement every day. This sluggishaction can be caused by different conditions,but is most often due to faulty feeding. If in Breast- fed the baby is fed at the breast, the mother or wet- Babiesnurse must see that her breast milk is kept ina healthy state. Her milk should be exam-ined by a physician or chemist to determinewhether or no enough fat (cream) is present.If a deficiency of cream exists then we can givebaby one or more teaspoonfuls of cream fromcows milk, in a little warm water immedi-ately before nursing. Several teaspoonfuls ofwater sweetened with granulated sugar andgiven before nursing will frequently relieveconstipation. If the baby is bottle-fed and his digestion in Bottie-is good, then increase the quantity of creamBa

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