Hygiene of the Nursery1898 - 293 pages |
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Page 44
... minute it is best to place the fingers lightly on the upper abdomen . The count should always be made by the watch , the most convenient time for the observation being while the child sleeps . Soon after birth the number of movements ...
... minute it is best to place the fingers lightly on the upper abdomen . The count should always be made by the watch , the most convenient time for the observation being while the child sleeps . Soon after birth the number of movements ...
Page 45
... minute are not at all unusual . To speak broadly , rapid breathing may be caused by an elevation in the body temperature , by an interference with the blood aeration and by thoracic or abdominal pain . Diminished frequency - the ...
... minute are not at all unusual . To speak broadly , rapid breathing may be caused by an elevation in the body temperature , by an interference with the blood aeration and by thoracic or abdominal pain . Diminished frequency - the ...
Page 46
... minute , varies with the age . average rate : - number of beats per The following is the From birth , to the 2d month , From the 2d to the 6th month , 12th 66 160 to 130 130 to 120 66 66 6th 66 120 to IIO 66 66 66 Ist 3d year , IIO to ...
... minute , varies with the age . average rate : - number of beats per The following is the From birth , to the 2d month , From the 2d to the 6th month , 12th 66 160 to 130 130 to 120 66 66 6th 66 120 to IIO 66 66 66 Ist 3d year , IIO to ...
Page 47
... minute is not uncommon in early infancy , under the excitement of the slightest effort or disturbance . Examples of Variations in Disease . - On account of the wide variations in health , little meaning need be attached to alterations ...
... minute is not uncommon in early infancy , under the excitement of the slightest effort or disturbance . Examples of Variations in Disease . - On account of the wide variations in health , little meaning need be attached to alterations ...
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... minutes by the watch , and on being removed the degree of temperature is read from the top of the index . The position of the patient in the meanwhile is upon the back , on the nurse's lap , with the legs elevated and controlled by her ...
... minutes by the watch , and on being removed the degree of temperature is read from the top of the index . The position of the patient in the meanwhile is upon the back , on the nurse's lap , with the legs elevated and controlled by her ...
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Page 7 - Edited by Louis Starr, MD, Clinical Professor of Diseases of Children in the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Physician to the Children's Hospital, Philadelphia.
Page 6 - STARR. The Digestive Organs in Childhood. The Diseases of the Digestive Organs in Infancy and Childhood. With Chapters on the Investigation of Disease and the Management of Children, 2d Edition, Enlarged.
Page 209 - The cows were milked at the unusual and abnormal hours of midnight and noon, and the noon's milking— that which alone was followed by illness— was placed, while hot, in the cans, and then, without any attempt at cooling, carted eight miles during the warmest part of the day in a very hot month.
Page 206 - Cows must not be allowed to drink stagnant water ; but must have free access to pure, fresh water. 4. Cows must not be heated or worried before being milked. 5. The pasture must be free from noxious weeds, and the barn and yard must be kept clean. 6. The udders should be washed, if at all dirty, before the milking.
Page 7 - The Hygiene of the Nursery. Including the General Regimen and Feeding of Infants and Children, and the Domestic Management of the Ordinary Emergencies of Early Life, Massage, etc.
Page 183 - For each portion ; to be given every two hours ; amounting to thirty fluidounces per diem. Diet from the beginning of the third month to the sixth month : — Milk 5 tablespoonfuls. Cream I tablespoonful.
Page 223 - ... and tie a piece of cloth over the top. Place the jar in a pot half full of boiling water, and keep the pot on the fire for four hours, simmering.
Page 120 - One cannot too soon begin to form the good habit of regularity in sleeping hours, and so far as circumstances will admit, the following rules may be enforced: — From birth to the end of the sixth or eighth month, the infant must sleep from...
Page 184 - ... hard and dry, it having been baked by the long-continued heat. This hard mass may be used for infant feeding in the latter part of the first year, but it should not be given more than twice a day. The flour ball is grated fine, and it may then be prepared, according to Starr's rule, as follows: " Rub one teaspoonful of the powder with a tablespoonful of milk into a smooth paste, then add a second tablespoonful of milk, constantly rubbing until a cream-like mixture is obtained. Pour this into...
Page 207 - ... ice water, the water being of the same depth as the milk in the can. It would be well if the water in the tank could be kept flowing, indeed this will be necessary unless ice water is nsed.