Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-07-11
EVENING STAR.
RaIeu for the Management Of Infants
m ring the Hot SeAs0n.


/ RuIe I-Ba the the child once q day in tepid
water IL Il % feeble, sponge IL all over twice q
day WITH tepid water and vip ne Inc health
/ Rule 2 -AyoS all tight bsndagipg. MAXI
the ciotiinx nshf and cool, and so loose tia
TIE shid nay Ssys free play for =. limb. .,
and dress II in clean Oh shes. II this cannot b,
afforded, thorOsshiy q me e, osy oiU. .a .,
diapers and S cham. GIr1 asen often never dry
soiled one in the nursery OF. N tne sitting room
| ana never use one FOR q 50 JIM '''ne "''N"N
Rsie she child should SO p by Itself In
| cot or cradle IL should be pur, o PEG a. regu
~i,ho se ana p Se ~ me sEm Without u,
advice q physician never give q any spni. :,
cordlals, carminatives, ssothIns . Wups, o.
| year from the use Of these pclsons. 20 'ne cnile
frets and does not sleep IL is either N 'nkIy "
else i'll Never quiet IL by candy or n "a :,
they are the common causes Of diarrhwa. ~" VI
other troublcs.
Rule alive the child plenty OF fresh AR
In the cool OF the morning and evening sea J
out TO the shady sides OF broad streets, to a
public squares or to the park. Make freque>.
excursions on the rivers. Whenever it seems 10
suffer from he Jet it drink freely OF ice water.
Keep IL out OF the room In which washing
cooking Is going on. IL is excessive heat that
destroys the lives Of young infants.
kule keep your house sweet and clean,
cool and well aired. In hot weather let the
windows be open day and night. DO your cook
ing in the yard, in a shed, in the garnet, or in
sn upper room. Whitewash the walls every
spring, and see that the cellar is clear OF al
rubbish. Let no slOps collect to poison the air.
Correct al foul smells By pouring csrbolic acid
OF quickiime in the sinks and privies. The
former article can be- got from the nearest
druggist, who will give the needful directions
for its use. Make every effort yourself and
nrer your nelghbots 70 Keep the cutters OF your
Rule C.-Bresst milk is the only proper food
for infants. IL the supply Is ample and the
m m n her md Of fansfz an
be given while the hot weather lasts. IL the
mother has not enough, she must not wean the
child, but give 1t, besides the breast, goats
or cows milk, as prepared under Rule :. Nurse
the child once IN two or three hours during the
day, and as seldom as possible dur .ng the night.
Always remove the child from the breast as
soon as il has fallen asleep. Avoid giving the
breast when you are over-fatigued or over
Rule If, unfortunately, the child must be
brought up by hand, IL should be fed on a milk
diet alOne-that IL, warm milk out Of q nursing
tottle, as directed under Rule 8. Coats milk Is
the best, and next to il cows milk. Ii the child
thrives on this diet, no other kind OF food what
ever should be given while the hot weather
lasts. At all seasons of the year. but especially
in summer, there is no safe substitute Tor milk
if the infant has not cut its front teeth. Sage,
arrow root potatoes, corn flour, crackers, bread,
every patented food and every article OF diet
containing starch, cannot and must not be de-
pended On as food for very young infants.
Creeping OF walking children must not be
allowed 10 pick unwhOlessme food.
Rule S.-Esch bOttleful of milk should be
sweetened by a small lump of loaf sugar, or by
halt a tesspoontul Of crushed sugar. Ii the milk
is known TO be pure, IL may have one-fourth
part of hot water added to Il; but il 10 IL not
known 10 be pure, no water need be added.
When the heat OF the weather is great, the milk
may be given quite cold. Be sure that the milk
is unskimmed; have 1t fresh possible, and
brought very early in the morning. Before
using the pans into which Il is 70 be poured,
hot weather, boil the milk soon IL comes,
| and ct once put away the vessels holding IL in
the coolest place in the house-upon Ice, If il
can be afforded, or down q well. MIX Careless
| ly allowed to stand in a warm room soon spOils
| and becomes unfit for food.
| Rule eff the milk should disagree, a table
| spoonful OF lime water may be added TO each
bottleful. Whenever pure milk cannot be got,
| try the condensed milk, which often answers
1 admirably. IL Is sold by all the keadng drug
gists aud grocers, and may be prepared by ad-
| ding TO six tablespoonsful OF boiling water,
| without sugar, one tablespoonful or more Of the
milk, according to the age OF the child. Should
1 this agree, teaspooDful of arrow root, of sago
or of corn starch, 20 the pint of milk, NAV be
| cautiously tried. Ii milk IN any shape cannot
be digested, try, for few days, pure cream di-
| luted with three-fourth or four-ffths of water,
| returning 10 the milk as soon as possible.
Rule loIThe nursing bottle must be kept
perfectly clean, otherwise the milk will turn
sour, and the child will be made i'll. After each
| meal it should be emptied, rinsed out, taken
apart, and the tube, cork, nipple and bottle
placed in clean water, or in water to which a
1 little soda has been added. IL is good plan TO
| have two nursing bottles, and TO use them by
1 turns.
| Rule lido not wean the child Just beforeor
| during the hot weather; Dor, a rule, until
1 after Its second summer. Ii sucking dissgrees
1 with the neither, she m1st not wean the Guild,
bus iced il in part of a nursing bottle, on such
rOOd a. has been directed. However small the
/ supply OF breast milk, provided that il agrees
L with the child, the mother should carefully
keep II up against sickness; it alone will often
save the lie of child when everything else
i fails. when the child is over six months old,
the mother may save her strength by giving il
| one or two meals a day Of stale bread and milk,
| which should be pressed through a sieve and put
/ into a nursing bottle. When from eight months
to a wear old IL NAV have also one meal a day
/ OF the yOlk of a fresh and rare boiled egg, or
/ one OF beef or mutton broth into which stale
i bread has been crumbled. When older than
this, il can have little meat finely minced; bat
even then milk should be its principal food, and
not such food as grown-up people eat.
| BRIEF RULES FOR CASES OF EMERGENCY.
i Rule If the child is suddenly attacked with
1 vomiting, purging and prostration, send for a
| doctor At once In the meantime, put the child
| for Few minutes in a hot bath, then carefully
wipe II dry with a warm towel, and wrap il in
| warm blankets. Ii its hands and feet are cold,
bottles filled with hot water and wrapped In
| flannel should be laid against them.
Rule "A mush-pouluce, or one made OF
/ faXseed meal, to which one-quarter part of
mustard -four has been added, or fiannels wrung
out OF hot vinegar and water, should be placed
over the belly.
| Rule 3.-Ffve drops of brandy in a teaspoon
fnl OF water may be given every ten or fifteen
minutes, but II the vomiting persists, give this
brandy in equal parts OF milk and lime water.
Rnle Al the diarrhGa has just begun, or IL
| II lie caused by improper food, teaspoonful OF
castor oil or of the spiced syrup OF rhubarb,
Il should be given.
Rule 5.eif the child has been fed partly on
| the breast and partly on other food, the moth
er's milk alone must now be used. IL the
| child has been weaned, il should have pure
milk with lime water, or weak beef tea or
| chicken water.
Rule 6.-The child should be allowed to drink
| cold water freely.
| kule The soiled diapers or the discharges
| should be at once removed from the room,
| but saved for the physician TO examine at his
| yislt.
| AFRUsTRATRD WRDDING.-Fridsy evenings
| train from Worcester brought 70 this city the
| mistress OF boarding house in that city who
had business In Agawam-v very particular bust
ness, in fact. Hiring team at the Msssasoit