Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-01-08

| fed too much or too otten.
3. If the nostrils are drawn up
ward and there is quick breathing,
there is pain in the chest; something
is the matter with the lungs.
4. Ii there is squirting IN the
eve, or blush tint about the lips,
and kind of rotating movement OF
the eyebslls, couvulsiOns Will soon
follow there is indigestion, and a
warm water emeuc must be resorted
to.
5. If the eyes are unusually dull,
or there is AN unnatural qulckness,
with a pearly look of whites, BRAIN
disease is approaching; give an enema
and dose of castor oil, aud teed
with regularity.
6. If "a child, usually sprightlv,
holding itself up straight, is noticed
to drop the head and seem languid
and sleepy, OF if it usually goes
about from chair to chair, ar Is
disposed to clinb, but suddenly
shows no disposition to do anything
but lie down Oh the floor, there IS
something wrong in Ghe stomach or
bowels.
I. If there is eyying and the
legs are drawn ~. there is indl-
gestion, aud the bowels are dis
ordered.
8. In health, child seldom
carries the hands above the mouth :
if that is observed repeatedly, there
is something wrong in the head !;
the feet are cold, and they must be
kept warm; il the bowels have not
acted within ten ncurs, give al
enema or "a tua- spoonful OF castor
oil every hour until there is ac.
ton.
0. A healthy child, especially it
not over two years old, Is often Cal.
rling the hand to the m nth; out II
1t stops at the throat, Group Is
most likely forming; notice IN
stantly il the feet or hands are
cold, and turn to the article 90
Group.
10. In the first months of in
fancy, it the little one is well, 1t
nurses, plays awhile, and then falls
into a gentle, easy, good steep;
II it does not, if it is restless, es
pecially if it starts up III its sleep,
or wakes and wnines, there is dis
turbance in the brain, and it should
be seen to that the bowels are reg
uIar, feet warm, and food gwen at
proper inte4 walls, and of a 81 table
quality.
II. The first passages Of an in
FAINT are dark colored, called the
meeonium; to bring this away is es
sential; ii this is not done the child
will suffer. But the first milk ST.
creted. called the colustrnm, acts
as purgative and carries the
meconirm before il, bur it it does
not come away oil must be given;
sometimes warm water will an.
swcr, and in first coufuements no
milk appears sum"tim~s for several
days, hence any uneasiucss of the
tirst-born for the tirSI few days
NAV be caused by eos ivrncsS.
10. In health, Young children 40
t. sleep ut once, and Slcrp quietly
and soundly; it they are MOI well
th.y dc not lie down Willingly at
the regular hour tor sleep, nor Il"
tAey fall asleep at once, NOR do
they sleep continuously; there are
frequent turmngs and changing aud
waklngs or startings up, often in
alarm-then the bowels or head are
out of order.
10. The passages of a healthy
child are yellowish, aud thicker
than thick syrup, and are of uni
form appearance, from three to four
times IL day; less than t"o is cos
tiveness. 1t should be rectified
with an enema or castor oil. More
than three or four and as thin as
milk and light colored, show diar-
rhea, aud are rapidly facilitating.
Keep the belly warm, especially
the feet and hands. d. not feed at
0ttener than five hours interval,
and let the food be boiled rice, sa-
GO, tapioca, exclusively, with little
boiled milk, until there is u leduc-
ton in frequency, and greater con-
sistency is manifested. Ii the stools
arc curdy or green, or smell badly,
or come out with considerable force,
there is disease to be treated ms
just named. r-
IA. Crying; Young children new,
er cry if all is we'll. If an infant
cries, it is suffering. Each mother
should notice the d fftrent cries of
her child, tor they mean different
things; n cry from hunger is very
different from II cry from hurt. A
sticking pin causes quick, instan
taneous cry; string or fastening
which is too light causes fret AZ
first, gradually increasing AS the
blood accumulates. The hunger
cry does not come on suddenly, for
the little thing begins to turn its
head or face about, or makes mo-
tons with the tongue or lips; if it
cannot find the breast it begins to
mako noise, gets more and more