New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-07-19

Than he who watched thy light, OF yore.
On the Chaldean hill.
Yet thus, transcendent from thy blaze
Beams light to pierce this mortal ciod;
Scarcely tool on thee could gaze
And say-there Is No God!
Rules for the Care of Children in the
summer Months.
The suhioined circular, concerning the
management of infants during the summer
months, was prepared by committee OF
leading medical men, and ls officially rec
commended to the thoughtful attention of
mothers by the Obste, rical Society OF Phila-
del hia:
RULES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF INFANTS
DURING THE HOT SEASON.
Rule 1-Bathe the child once a day in
tepid water. If it is feeble, sponge it all
over twice day with tepid water, or with
tepid water and vinegar. The health OF
child depends much upon its cleanliness.
Rule 2-Avoid all tight bandaging. Make
the clothing light and cool, and SO loose
that that the child may have free play for
it's limbs. At night, undress it, sponge it,
and put on slip. In the morning, remove
the slip. battle the child, anu dress 1t IN
clean clothes. Ii this can not be afforded.
thoroughly air the day clothing by angling
it up during the night. Use clean diapers.
and change them often. Never dry soiieG
one in the nursery or the sitting room. and
never use one for q second time without
first washing it.
Rule 3-The child should sleep by itself
in a cot or a cradle. IL should be put to oed
at regular hours, and be early taught to go
to sleep without being nursed in the arms.
Without the advice of a physician never
give it any spirits, cordials. carminatives.
soothing syrups, or sleeping drops. Thou
sands of children die every year from the
use of these poisOns. If the child trets and
does not sleep, it is either hungry or else ill.
If ill, it needs physician. Never quiet it
by candy or cake; they are common causes
Of diarrhea and of other troubles.
Rule 4-Give the child plenty of fresh air.
| In the cool of the morning and evening,
send it out to the shady sides OF broad
streets to the public squares or to the park
| Make frequent excursions on the rivers
Whenever it seems to suffer from the heat
| let it drink freely of icewater. Keep 1t out
| of the room in which washing or cooking is
going on. 1t is excessive heat that destroys
| the lives of young infants.
Rule 5-kaep your house sweet and clean,
| cool and well-aired. In very hot weather,
let the windows be open day and night. Do
| your cooking in the yard, i'll shed. IN the
garrett, or in an upper room. White wash the
walls every spring and see that the cellar
| is clean Of all rubbish. Let no Stops collect
| to poison the air. Correct ali foul smells
| by pouring carbolic acid or quicklime into
| 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 urge your
neighbors to keep the cutters Of your street
| or court clean.
| Rule 6-Breast milk is the only proper
food for infants. If the supply Is ample
| and the child thrives on it, no other kind OF
! food should be given while the hot weather
| lasts Ii the mother has not enough, she
must not wean the child, but give it, be-
| sides the breast, goats or cows milk, as
| prepared under rule eight. Nurse the child
| once in two or three hours during the day
I! and as seldom as possible during the night.
| ALWAYS remove the child from the breast
| as soon as it has ia lien asleep. Avoid Civ
| ing the breast when you are Oyertatlgued
or Overheated.
Rule III, unfortunately. the child must
! be brought up by hand, 1t should be fed on
| milk diet alone-that ia, warm milk out of
| nursing bottle, as directed under rule
| eight. Goats milk is the best, and next to
| it cows milk. If the child thrives on this
diet, no other kind Of food whatever should
| be given while the hot weather lasts. At
| all seasons of the year, but especially III
| summer, there is no safe substitute for milk
| if the infant has not cut its front teeth.
/
I crackers, bread, every patented food, and
every article Of diet containing. starch, can
| not, and must not, be depended on as food
for very young infants. Creeping or walk
| ing children must not be allowed to pick
up unwholesome food.
Rule S-Each bottle full of milk should be
sweetened by small lump of loaf sugar,
| or by half a teaspOOnful OF crushed sugar.
| If the milk is known to be pure 1t may
have one-fourth part of hot water added to
| it; but if it is not known to be pure no
water need be added. When the heat OF
the weather is great the milk may be given
| unite cold Be sure that the milk is I'M
| skinned; have it as fresh as possible and
| brought very early in the morning Before
| using the pans into which it is to be poured
| always scald them with boiling suds. In
| very hot weather always boil the milk as
| soon as it comes and at once put away the
! vessels holding it in the coolest part of the
| house-upon ice if it can be afforded, or
down well. Milk careless!y allowed to
| stand in a warm room soon spOlls and be-
comes unfit for food.
Rule eff the milk should disagree, a
| Tablespoonful of lime water may be added
| to each bottleful Whenever pure mil k
| can not be got, try the condensed milk,
which often answers admirably. 1t is sold
| by all leading druggists and grocers, and
| may be prepared by adding to six table
spoonfuls of boiling water, without sugar.
one tablespoonful Of the milk, according to
| the age of the child. Should this disagree,
| a teaspoonful of arrow root, of sage, or OF
| corn starch, to the pint Of milk, may be
| cautiously tried. If milk in any shape can
not be digested, try, for few days, pure
cream diluted with three-fourths or four
| ffths of water, returning to the milk as
| soon as possible.
Rule lO-The nursing DO tile must be kept
| perfectly clean, otherwise the milk will turn
| sour, and the child will be ILL., 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 little soda has been added. 1t is good
| plan to have two nursing bottles, and to
use them by turn.
Rule lido not wean the child just be-
| fore or during the hot weather, nor, as a
| rule, until after its second summer. If
! sucking disagrees with the mother, she
must not wean the child, but feed it in part
out of a nursing bottle. on such food as has
been directed. However small the supply
Of breast milk, provided that it agrees with
| the child, the mother should carefully keep
| it up against sickness; it alone will often
save the life of a child when everything
| else fails. When the child is over SIX
months old, the mother may save her
strength by giving it one or two meals
day OF stale bread and milk which should