The evening world., 1888-07-16
The Evening Worlds" Physician
Makes a Few Suggestions.
How to Care for the Babies
During the Hot Weather.
The Free Treatment Of Sick Children
OF the Poor to Begin To-Dny.

"a tAooOA "hU o'tSo'p' f"p kNHShN"'y
agreed to honor without charge all prescrip.
tons written by our physicians for patients
who are too poor 20 pay for their medicines.
Herewith The EVENING WORLD physician
submits in the way of preliminaries, some
timely suggestions to mothers regarding the
care Of their babies during the hot weather.
They will be found simple, sensible and to
the point.
THE EVENING WORLDS FREE ADVICE.
The number Of deaths occurring during
the hot weather among children under Ave
years in New York is about one hundred
daily A large proportion Of these deaths is
from disorders of the digestive organs-dis-
orders which could, in man. instances, be
prevented II il were more generally under
stood what infants and young children should
be fed and how they should be taken care Of.
CARE OF THE MoTHER
OF course. the food which was intended by
nature for the baby-mother's milk-is the
very best, when IL is Of q proper quality and
Of sufficient quantity. When these ond
ions exist the child nourished from the
breast is far better fortified against disease
and death than the one artiicially fed.
The mother cannot have plenty of milk of
good quality unless she be in good health;
to maintain this she must have a sufficient
quantity of proper food. Avoid over use of
tea and coffee. Alcoholic beverages had bet
ter be left entirely alone unless there be some
particular reason for giving them. It is safer
not to take them except upon the advice of O
| physician.
Good ripe fruit of almost oil kinds is not
only allowable but useful. but TINT which is
under or over ripe should not be touched.
AS TO A NEWBORN BABY.
A newborn babe should be nursed at
regular intervals Of two hours, not oftener.
Let the times for nursing be as regular rs
you have your own meals. A very common
mistake is to feed the baby too often. Many
mothers put the baby to the breast every
time it cries. thinking it must be hungry.
The fact is, it is probably not hungry, but
thirsty, or, If not thirsty. 1t is more likely
that ia crying with pain or discomfort of in
digestion due to its irregular meals. 1t must
be remembered that an infant can no more
stand constant and irregular eating than an
adult. The little stomach must have inter-
walls Of rest.
A large majority Of cross babies are so on
account of too much coddling and nursing.
A FEW DOMESTIC suGaEsTIoNs.
The mother will do herself and the infant
justice if she nurse 1t not more than once
through the hight. This is enough even for
q newborn babe. II it be accustomed to
this ut the start it will almost without fail
Immediately fall into the habit of sleeping
we'll all night. 1t It should awake oftener a
little cold water viii be likely to satisfy 1t.
BY the way, don't forget baby needs a drink
of cold water occasionally Just the same as
any one else. This fact is often lost sight Of
or forgotten, much to the discomfort OF the
littleIone and those who take care of 1t.
After awhile the intervals between meals
can be gradually heightened. BY the time
the child is five or six months old every three
hours will be often enough through the day,
and then it need not be fed at oil through the
night.
SUBSTITUTES FOR MOTHERS MILK.
Suppose. now, the mother has no milk. or
for some reason or other the child cannot be
fed as nature designed, then artificial feeding
must be resorted to. Probably the best food,
next to mothers milk, is goats milk but
this is generally not easy to obtain in the
city, and moreover, it j. often dis,asteful to
children on account Of its strong odor. The
next best is cows milk, II it can be obtained
pure. Milk from ono COW is thought by
some to be best, because 1t is of constant
quality but it is not essential that one cows
milk be used. In fact IL is a most Impossible
for the poor to obtain the al ticle in this way.
Get your milk from a reliable dealer. Cows
milk contains less water than human milk,
and requires to he diluted. A common
mistake, however, Is to dilute it too much.
Ordinary cows milk requires TO be diluted
for the newborn babe about one-third with
hot water. 30 as TO bring the mixture to
about the temperature OF. the human body.
Then. sweeten a little with powdered sugar,
or, what is still better, sugar of milk. which
y can be obtained ut any drug store.
II the milk thus prepared fails to agree
with the stomach, a little lime water may bt
a added-from u ~teaspoonful TO n tablespoon,
frI nannrdtNn An nnn ~ nnnh n1N IL
: lime water does not correct the trouble tint
4 digestive powers of the child are probably
o weak ana need assistance. This help can bt
given by what is known as "Ipeptonizing
E the milk, which consists in adding, ~artitici
n ally, those agents which the digestive organs
fail to supply in sufficient quantity to chang,
, the food into a condition fit for absorption
A LITTLE SENSIBLE ADVICE.
What was said as to the frequency Will
which the child was put to the breast apple
equally TO the number of times daily j
. should be artiicially fed. A plain bottl,
2 with a rubble nipple is the proper receptacle
; The long rubber tubes had better be avoided
, since they are difficult to cleanse. After eacl
= oughly washed and scalded aud then PLACED
y IN n strong solution of bicarbonate of soil
until wanted again. In fact, it is well (,
have two bottles. keeping one IN he solution
. should not be used very long. for they gradu
y ally absorb the milk and become rancid an,
unit for use. They are cheap and can easil,
. be replaced. 1t is most important to remenl
Der that the matter of cleanliness with tn
feeding bottle is as important rs the charac
' ter of the food, The production of germs II
! ~unclean vessels, which give rise to disease o
: the stomach and intestines is no fancy il j
u real fact and demand most scrupulous al
= ~tention.
When good cows milk is not to be oh
tanned condensed milk IS a good substitute
u 1t should be diluted with from -four to 81
times its bulk Of hot water, when it approx
mates cows milk and is to be prepared an,
Q given in the same manner ms the latte
article. There are often cases where it
l. advisable to give some manufactured infan
food. There are n large number of these o
s. the market Some are XAlunhIa- OflarR mr.