The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-08-01
TImeIv words to Mothers.


Prom tho NJ 7. TrlpunOl
Our Quaker friends In Philadelphia, al.
ways foramoSt With useful, fIlctiea d.
vice and help, hElo latlly Issued = pam.
phlet addressed 70 mothefso Oh The s1bject
Of the terrible mortality oI late year,
among children during tho summer
months, and the means, aside from medl'
cal aid, Of It's prevention and cure. The
directions are drawn up by committee
Of the Obststrical Society Of Rhilsdel-
phia, and the names are those Of men
who stand highest In their profession In
the treatment Of children. OF course
these directions are especially intended
for the poopaF class of mothers, who arc
unable 10 fly with their teething babies
out Of the foul air of town, or 70 keep
them under tho constant overnight Of
q skilled physlctan. The rules, like
all those most effective In hygiene, ap-
pear 10 an ordinary reader absurdlysimple,
vet It Is after all disob edlence to the sin1-
pic rules Of health and morality, for
which, ginCe the days Of lHmenting Jere-
miahto the present tine, the people are
destroyed. wien the Philadelphia doc
tors urge upon mothers In cities during
the sumner months the absolute necesBl-
tyof bathing the child by immersion In
tho morningin tepid water and spongiDg
Il at night, the rule appears so common
place an exingency Of decency that It Is
passed over with Indifference, Just as the
sTian'leper scofed at the prophetic or
deFs to wash himself seven times. "Hhe
had hidden thoes to do some great thing,
Wouldst thou not have done 1T" inquired
his servants. We have shreWd Suspl;
cion that the simple rules even In regard
10 washing are neither known 70 nor
comprehendsd BY the majority OF moth
eTs, or the wise old Quaker doctors would
not have issued them thus authoritative
ly. We therefore make an abstract Of
them anxious to do our part In GVerdng
the terrible doom Of last summer from
the little ones. 'tl ...',.5 ~ .l.t 20
/. Perfect cleanliness is epjoined In
every minute particular; the change Of
night and day clothing, clean with each
change. 0'H go -. ''t.'j,S " 81
3. a bed or cot, apart from its mother,
for the child. ~ lv!a.- u !e
8. Plenty offresh air. The baby should
be taken 70 the Park; the boats that ply
up and down the rivers; the shady aide OF
broad streets or public squares; kept care.
fully out of the room where cooking or
washing Is going on, and given plenty Of
Ice water TO drink. q q - 'l-s -EN
A. The house kept scrupulously clean.
Walls whi(c-w&shed; slops and garbage
promptly removed; and the air purified
by carb0lic acid or quiCklime. p.''. :
Is. The child, II sick, must be kept to
the mothers milk alone, or, II that prove
insufficient, TO goats or cows milk,
There ID no sale substitute for milk TO In.
fauis who have not cut their front teeth,
No child should be weaned, as rule,
until after its second summer The food
which Nature has provided will often
save the life Of child when everything
else fails. u, 2. 70 ysa'dl.i '.1-'.
&c. Without the advice OF a physician no
child should be given pIrits, cofdials, car.
minatives, or soothing syrups' Of any kind,
Thousands Of children, the physicians
add die every year from the use of these
lnniannap T. =, ..F 1913 '"1.. sil
In fact, the sum and substance OF, these
directions seem to be simply 10 guard the
child against poisoning in air, foul
clothes, food or medicine; which brings US
back to the hrst statement that pure coun.
try or sea air is the only safeguard for the
life Of a young infant! New York lags
behind Philadelphia In the matter Of q
summer hospital for the ailing children Of
the poor When We urged this matter on
the attention Of our charitable women last
spring, and contributions were prodefed
to us Tor the purpose, there was absolutely
no one to whom we could refer The glvers
who was ready 10 further their object
BY next summer we hope this obloquY
will be removed from the city. There Is
an asylum ready for every form Of adult
disease; but the poor mother who sees her
child dying on her knees for lack Of .
breath Of Gods free air, cannot give Tito
him. ora.