The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-08
Books for the Household.

Mothers and nurses have almost literally been
vailed in with books on the treatment of chill
dren when ill, their food and caro- in general
Many of these intended aids have defeated their
purpose by being too learned too technical, or
~ exciting undue alarm, or by overriding the in
tended assistance, causing those in charge
Oh children to dose and diet them be-
Eond all reason. The buyer of such
asook should, therefore, exercise great caution
% choosing. A careless writer. however we'll
qualified will produce book doing vastly more
Narm than good, and anybody is much better off
Without it d. Appleton G. Co., New York, have.
believe, published book on this very i'm
pOrtant theme that will be productive of good
anu good only. Without going into the discus
son Of all the paps and gruels, aud herb teas and
'Onics and prepared foods, the consideration of
Which has nearly driven inexperienced women
Stsntlc' the author, Charles West, M. D., fellow
VI the Royal College of Physicians, London,
aAS aimed to address his readers with the same
similarity and good sense that he would in con
''sauon with nurse or mother upon the
s'pcs treated. The book "The Mothers Man
sa Vi Chlldrens Diseases" is perfectly intelligi-
VIC IN every line and word, from cover to cover.
wake for instance, an excerpt at random, and
head:
s.t orles are the only language which a young
10y mas to express it's distress; as smiles and
Esh'sr and merry antics tell without word
liz ssess. The baby must be i'll, is all that
S. elies tell one person; another who has seen
my. OF sick children, will gather from them
sss,ee., and will be able to judge whether its
hS1eaIng is In the head, or chest, or stomach.
s M erieS OF baby with stomach ache are long
lss,so. ana passionate; it sheds profusion of
so.;S o' now stops for a moment, and then begins
H. s drawing up its legs to its stomach and, as
ana pam pam passes off, stretches them out again,
iasn WIN many little sobs passes off into quiet
Ae II II mas inflammation Of the chest it does
MI ery aloud, it sheds no tears, but every few
S.auotss, especially after drawing a deeper
eobah 'nan before. or after each short, hacking
checks apparently before Il i is half
10 hhe u; and this, either because it has
the sao ea.n 10 waste in cries, or because
SIsoeenaort makes its breathing more painful If
Msrn y gong on in the head, the child utters
alorR piercing shreks, and then between whites
bnt IL moan or wall, perhaps no sound at all,
H. uulet, apparently doing, till pain wakes
a.. many mothers, fortunately. this paragraph
"a. 'ains nothing new, but to many with their
:. WIN IN their care, even these facts will be
al, '"' advantage, while further on the author
NJ" upon the elucidation of symptoms and
H.. D0us OF treatment. in the absence of a ply
IA" ana until enc can be called, that will prove
'Heaculable help to all.
: 'os sa@s liasis Marion Harland's new "Com-
in the Nursery, published by Charles
Is yrs Sons. If the mothers and nurses of
n, and could, through its pleasing
49, absorb the rare good sense of the
s1ining author, it would prove an
La, 'sna a. blessing both to them and to their
~ - t'iKs' She talks-not lectures-at length
t. mental and physical phenomena of in
h a. ana Oilers very wholesome suggestions as
49, proper treatment of children as embryo
fol,am ss.hga The inevitable foods and diets
ma. y. they are good. Price 81.
Nsaaing but scarcely less important