Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1864-11-09
: MORTALITY AMONG CHILDREN.

The mortality among the children in
o;ir cities, as wen as she country. is cad to
contemplate. Is there any necessity for
this? Are all these children sent into
the world to be thus early cut down? Are
not nine out Of ten Of these early deaths
the result of ignorance Wha. parent
ever los. a child, except by accident, with
gu. thinking: III ! had treated it differ
emily, it Tould not haze died ?" The
loss Of cur own three first boln has led us
to think inuoh on this topic, and three a.
mos: always healthy living ones, are eyi-
dences tha. our studies have not been in
vain. A few hints on The topic nsy not
be without use.
Next to procuring r.euty Of sound sleep
or rather before it, we place the prop9s
preparation of food. The kind Of fool
they e.: is not half SO much consequences
ss the manner of its preparation. Give
child large apple and let him swallow it
in pieces from the size of large pea up
ward. The resui, viii be, :ha. the humps
Hill DC partly sorr of By the Goa, On the
atoma;h, and partly dissovled by the g,a.
.ric Juice but after time, The remaining
portion Of the Jumps viii be forced dom
into the iptsstines, and go through ths
length of 6tcen TO tzcptJ feet, producing
e. least sripipg and irritation all the way.
if DO. diarrtoea or dysentary. But frss
scrape or mash the apple to fine pulp,
and i: may be eaten with impuni;y, aDi
With benefit, # ripe o. nearly SO.
Feed child on boiled potatoes cut up,
or on potatoes coarsely mashed and fried
in fat, and you will be pretty sure 20 hnl
more or less Jumps Of potatoes remaining
undigested. How can 1t be otherwise than
that these humps must have produced irri-
tation in the intestines? But mash these
same potatoes finely before feeding them,
and then the fine material will be digest.
ed and afford nutrimen. instead Of giYipg
uneasiness and pain "under the apron"
The ssne holds true of most meats.
Cut Up fines fine Is shot almos.-they
will be digested, and produce nourishmen5,
while if fed in coarse pieces. they will lie
on the stomach, like mea. poul.ice or
the outside, the cause Of uneasiness if nos
of in nHamation Feed raisias and nuts TO
children, and unless very strong and Wig
orous, the chances are that they will in
duce immediate sickness or a weakened
system, liable to be affected by The frs.
change of heat o. cold.
Chop these same raisins or nuts finely
reducing them almost to a powder, and
they may be eaten in moderate quantities
With impunity.
These remarks .pply TO all kinds Of food,
and in measure TO grown up people IS
we'll as children. ...
Many persons are over nice or anxious
as to what their children eat, and often
reduce them to skeletons, and un6. them
for vigorous resistance Of colds or mals-
rial diseases, by feeding them on toast or
rice, weak Cruel, &c.
Give them rather good supply Of food
finely reduced, so that it may be quickly
digested in the stomach, and they will grow
vigorous and be able to withstand the
changes of climate, and the exposure to
which they are ever liable.
Mothers, consider these things, an d see
it they are not true and in accordance
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