The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-22
HAVE MERCY ON THE BABY.
Dut of Regard for His Spinal Column
Choose Ris Nurse With Care.

Duf of Regard FOR His Spinal Column
Choose Ris Nurse With Care.
Mothers would be justly indignant if
accused of any lack of care for their
little ones Yet how many of them
watch and choose carefully the nurse
20 whom they intrust their darlings?
To illustrate the culpable carelessness
pf some nurses may be given the follow
ing true story by the wife of an emf
nent physician: 81 have no doubt, she
said. in the course of conversation,
s.xhat MANY OF the distressing chronic
troubles of the spine and its more OBJ
sc,lre qualifications and manifestations
might, if parents but knew IT, be d.
rectly traced to some act of wanton
.houghtlessness on the part of the nur-
serv maid IT is quite dreadful to think
Of such a delicate little piece of mechan-
ism being given over TO the care Of an
ignorant, indifferent person The least
sudden jar. if the weight of the body is
resting at all on the spine, might be
exceedingly injurious, and for that rea-
son would enact law, if ! had my
way. to abolish baby carriages for in
farts under year old at least. IL
Your nurse is too lazy or too weak to
carry her nursing get another woman,
but do not expose your helpless little
one to the Earring movements Of even
the best springs in lifting the carriage
across a curb, etc. Besides, the actual
heat of the human body is a great pro-
lection against cold, and no amount OF
eider-devvn or wooden Will take the
place of the protecting warmth of a
kindly bosom and strong, tender arms.
81 will tell what l actually saw once,
she continued, after moments heslta-
tion. 1.-THE story is 50 painful that l
hardly like 20 tell it, but 1t may DO
good In showing young mothers the
actual dangers to which their bables
are exposed / was walking in -
street one afternoon, when nurse who
was evidently belated passed me with
baby wagon at very quick pace, the
little carriage, with its sleeping baby,
swayed up and down on its easy
springs, with the rapid motion Oh,
do take carep exclaimed, as she passed
me with a sudden swerve OF the little
vehicle; you will hurt the child The
girl gave An impertinent toss of the
head and muttered something that /
did not catch, turning at the same time
into the basement area of g large, fine
house, and without checking her career
she bumped the carriage down the
three or four steps that led to the en-
closure. 4 will do as / would like to
be done by said to myself on watch
inr the performance, although it is
small thanks that l will get, | dare
saw So / ran up the steps, rang the
bel, and told the butler, who came to
the door, that wished to see the lady
of the house. Luckily found favor in
his sight, for without remonstrance he
showed mo into a little side library,
and a. second after a pretty young
woman walked IN with an inouiring
expression on her pleasant face. l
beg -FOUR pardon for intruding,' l be-
gan, but ] feel it my duty to tell you
that your maid will do your child SER
lious injury if she jolts down the steps
in the manner l have just noticed and
was proceeding to give her little in
formation about the delicate structure
of the head, neck and spine of young
infants when her manner froze me al
once. Thank you she said, haughtily,
but think l can trust to the exper-
fence of my nurse As she spoke there
came the sound of a rush of rapid foot
steps in the hall and a maid burst in
upon us. Mrs. A, come quick" she
painted, the baby has a fit? In an in
slant the mother was out of the room
and running down the basement stairs
while /, feeling that | could be of nC
use, left the house, plying the poor
young thing too much to blame her
The next day passed by and noticed
with start of horror the fatal insight:
of mourning on the door-the baby wa:
dead. Did the doctors know, I wonder
ed, that it had been murdered?"-N. \
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