The Care and Feeding of Children, by L. Emmett Holt, M.D., LL.D

About this eBook

Author

Holt, L. Emmett (Luther Emmett), 1855-1924

Title

The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Language

English

LoC Class

RJ: Medicine: Pediatrics

Subject

Children -- Nutrition

Category

Text

eBook-No.

15484

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15484

Release Date

March 27, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE CARE AND FEEDING OF CHILDREN — A CATECHISM FOR THE USE OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN'S NURSES — By
2. 2.L. EMMETT HOLT, M.D., LL.D. — PROFESSOR OF DISEASES OF CHILDREN IN THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS (COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY) — ATTENDING PHYSICIAN TO THE BABIES' HOSPITAL AND THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL, NEW YORK — Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged — 1907 — CONTENTS — THE CARE AND FEEDING OF CHILDREN — BATHING — GENITAL ORGANS — EYES — MOUTH — SKIN — CLOTHING — NAPKINS — NURSERY — AIRING — WEIGHT, GROWTH, AND DEVELOPMENT — DENTITION — NURSING — WEANING — ARTIFICIAL FEEDING — THE SELECTION AND CARE OF MILK USED FOR INFANT FEEDING — THE MODIFICATION OF COW'S MILK — FOOD FOR HEALTHY INFANTS [3] —THE EARLY MONTHS — First Series — Formulas for the Early Months from 10-per-cent Milk — Second Series — Formulas for the Early Months from 7-per-cent Milk — FOOD FOR HEALTHY INFANTS—THE LATER MONTHS — Third Series — Formulas for the Early Months from 7-per-cent Milk — GENERAL RULES FOR GUIDANCE IN THE USE OF THE FORMULAS GIVEN — THE ADDITION OF OTHER FOODS TO MILK — OVERFEEDING — LOSS OF APPETITE — THE CHANGES IN THE FOOD REQUIRED BY SPECIAL SYMPTOMS OR CONDITIONS — Fourth Series — Formulas from Plain Milk (containing 4-per-cent Fat) — COMMON MISTAKES IN MILK MODIFICATION AND INFANT FEEDING — PREPARATION OF COW'S MILK AT HOME — DIRECTIONS FOR FEEDING INFANTS — INTERVALS OF FEEDING — Schedule for Feeding Healthy Infants during the First Year — REGULARITY IN FEEDING — STERILIZED MILK — MODIFIED MILK OF THE MILK LABORATORIES — PEPTONIZED MILK — FEEDING DURING THE SECOND YEAR — FEEDING DURING THE THIRD YEAR — MILK AND CREAM — EGGS — MEAT AND FISH — VEGETABLES — CEREALS — BROTHS AND SOUPS — BREAD, CRACKERS AND CAKES — DESSERTS — FRUITS — INDIGESTION IN OLDER CHILDREN — GENERAL RULES TO BE OBSERVED IN FEEDING — FOOD FORMULAS — THE BOWELS — SLEEP — EXERCISE — THE CRY — LIFTING CHILDREN — THE TEMPERATURE — NERVOUSNESS — TOYS — KISSING — CONVULSIONS — FOREIGN BODIES — COLIC — EARACHE — CROUP — CONTAGIOUS DISEASES — SCURVY — CONSTIPATION — DIARRHOEA — BAD HABITS — VACCINATION

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