Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-09-05

lnNh, anu Inlay ht Freely NStu where
milk, or milk with barley water. dis
agrees with the child, and in the pro
portion above recommended.
For a vast majority OF cases food thus
prepared will he sufficient, and the
baby's health will be best promoted by
careful adherence To il. IL cases where
It is found to disagree, change IN the
source from which the milk is obtained
may obyiate the difficulty, or con-
densed milk may be substituted In
the more exceptional cases where these
changes cannot be made, or where they
obviously disagree with the child, il
may be necessary, cautiously to try
other foods Ofthese there are many
varieties kept in the shops, some d
which are we'll adapted 10 individual
cases, bat there are some OF easy do
nestle preparations and Of established
value, which. by trial, may be found
sufficient. One of these is the
FLOUR BAIL,
which is prepared MS follows:
Tie closely, III a linen cloth or in n
budding bag, pint or more Of flour.
Drop this in boiling water, aud let ii
boil for six or eight hours. What
forces itself through the cloth is to be
scraped of and thrown away. The
flour within the cloth will then be found
as hard dry mass. This is to be
grated, and from teaspoonful to Il
tablespoonful first rubbed into paste
with little water, then boiled Tor a
minute or two in pint of milk, or milk
properly diluted with water.
Personal CLEANLINESS
has very much TO do with the health OF
a child. Unless very feeble it should
have its full bath daily; if very weak,
sponging may be substituted. In ad-
dition to regular bathing, constant at
tention should be paid to the careful
cleansing of the skin from every yestige
Of impurity,' and the speedy removal
Of soiled garments.
CLEANLINESS OF SURROUNDINGS.
The dellca sensitive organization of
the child makes him the most suscep.
tible member of the family TO
the influence of unsanitary surround
ings. The instances are very numerous
where the little ones have suffered from
the effects of foul air, from overhcated
rooms or imperfect ventilation, while
the older and more hardy members OF
the household were not senslbly Affect
ed, For their sakes, then, if not for
your own, keep your houses sweet
and clean, cool and well aired" Dur
ing the hot season, keep the heat of
the kitchen fire as Jar away from the
nursery as possible. Overheating will
cause sickness. Let the cellar be well
ventilated and free from anything that
can contaminate the air there, remem-
bering that the whole house forms a
sort OF chimney, drawing into itself all
the foul odors that are generated be.
meath it. Keep the kitchen sink, the
CeSs-pool, if there I've one, and all the
surroundings of the house, clean, and
urge the performance OF the same duty
upon your neighbors. Give the cblld
the benefit of fresh outdoor air rs much
us is possible, especially i'll summer,
but avoid exposing him to the direct
heat of the sun. SseMut tie house has an
abundance ctJiesh air day and night. Let
the sleeping room be the large st, sun
niest, best ventilated room in the house,
for it is there that the young child
lives.
The popular idea that the second
summer is the most dangerous to the
life of the child is fallacious; it grows
doubtless, i'll part, out of another and
dangerous popular idea, that diarrhWt
is natural and an almost necessary
attendant upon "teething,' and that il
is wrong to check diarrahTA which
occurs during this process. At the
very commencement of any such dis
order in children it should be controlled,
and this may often be done by observ.
ing the rules given above, and without
medicine. In many cases it may be
advisable to WITHHOLD food entirely
for a few hours, to diminish the quantity
of milk, or wholly to suspend it,
use for time, substituting barley
water, either alone or with the addition
Of the white of an egg to n half-pint or
a little less, resuming the use of the
customary food by degrees and in very
small quantities. Should this be in
sufficient, consult the family physician
before disease has obtained strong
foothold.