The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-04-22
WHY YOUR BABY CRIES
EMINENT PHYSICIANS DIFFER RE.
0ARoIko The CAUSE.

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| Thirst-E6sct os Mourning Attire on
Young B.biss-ltssuisr HsbitA
Although all babies are not crybabies.
all babies cry.
Crying and babies go together just a.
ham and eggs do liver and bacon, hooks
| and eyes, shoes and stOckings, bread and
butter The angelic baby whose wings de
crease as his legs increase is the only aui.
NAL that wastes his vitality Ia promiscuous
yelling And yet there is philosophy in the
tuneless music OF infancy not generally
understood by the world Mt large Although
Involuntary. n we'll organized baby will
show NJ much intelligence In his Ct ying ~
his parents may in thinking
Being the anchor Of its mother, no one
should know more about the subject than
mothers. hut unfortunately no medical or
professional women with children could he
induced To express an opinion as to why q
baby cries.
OF the fifteen women doctors seen ouly
three had babies Of their own, one had an
urgent case To attend aud begged TO lie ex
cused. the other Was in hurry TO catch a
train. aud the third remarked, with mas
euline emphasis. that she had no time TO
bother with reporters
The following opinions, most cbeerfully
expressed by some Of the representative
members of the New York Medical society.
will he read With both Interest and pleas
| ure by every mother aud lover Of "A baby
SUFFERING OFTEN THE cArsE
Df Jaheway-Babies crying are babies
hieaAihs u 10 their protest against pain,
| III usaSe or neglect but one mo.her
| KNOWS more about the CAUSES than 4o,UDJ
ooctors
Dr W, Dowilng-A baby does mol cry
aimlessly. " there Is pin 10 his flesh. II
bis stomach IL full VI wind II he has indi
Restion, cold fe~i or headache lac viii cry
long and iondL lie viii cry. too, n he Is
| hungry, Thirsty. sleepy. angry, hot or cold
The eoiieky cry In loud. emphatic and i'm
pressi'e. II has buslbessiike. imperative,
ring TO II that calls for immediate and
rein-liai attention
| When the brain Is affected the cry 10
| sharp and hhriii. amounting TO shrek al
tifnes. and is Indicative OF intense aud uD
t~arsble pain cry of this sort Ii poe
hi'eiy hgonlnn2 TO the listeners, for there
u 10 mlstaAlng the pain lett by the little
one.
| Then there Is the teeihing cry-a pitiful.
incrs>nni, unrnittlng little whine that Il
a. times incisi'e ana pefulant. aud accom-
panied 10y rrstiesshess and Ill temper The
hungry cry Is hawi vehement. eager. ur
gent and Impatient
The sleepy cry Is something OF wall.
but not fearful ms rule The child 10 fire
qaently sweet tempered. though iud!f~r
cot, generally ner'ons and heavy eyed
The vicious cry, CAUSED 10y res, or dis
appointment, h noisy, clsnorous, iusty
and r~t~Iilous. there Is more volume Of
7 voice than tears. The quality and size OF
The tone depending upon the anger II the
httie one
~ Is n good i~s' 81 the condition OF the
1 respiratory organs, and can lie maintained
Tor hours u! sironS, health! child II II
has Inherited the "l!lfaL dotnineer1ng
I tfaits OF pAfrht or SfAndparent. II iaAy
tufo" NsTii on the MOTT, Alex. scream aud
ron about Tor Nai'"i! ami keep up the howl
until The opponent yields or 1t hAs exhaust
ca 10 iuns power
ihon'Ahds "i times l'ins are the cause Of
I iniantle onibarhis No baby VIII cry " II
vel and hArp, Crying is ademonsir..
lion "' sahci7hS. discomfort Neglect or
hef~a'i%F. ''c'oushes>
htNSli@ Ihiissf AND ftAk
pf RUNNER MA>on--A oaty docs most
OF us crying b~cau~e lac 10 hungry The
q! w 'h's', Nh''o o"N frequent Is ;hNAr
ably taken Tor srief. anger or sleepipess,
aud the ipoahcf hI~nds hotrs paiiins aud
rVAihs the souhgsier when Tablespoon
iul OF cold water would make him perfect
I ~ happy Aside from the cry oAgs"d Icy
hunger, thlH' hhd ieeihinR. there are al
m"si rs h"n! ether cries M there are IN
'anills disorder
for INSTANCE. there Is The exploratory
/ moan IN pneumonia, anu the huskg cry
thai follows The coughing. there N the
broken CRY IN Group, bronchitis and pIcur
sy, The continuous CT. OF carache. the
shrII cry, "ocom panied 10y drawing up
OF The icgs. In stomach ache, the scream
ms. aud wrSs''ns OF the hips In Intestinal
pain irr1tabilitr OF the bladder, the whin
ms cry OF meningitis, when the baby fas.
eies bright light, and therr Ii the siion;
cry when the muscles Of the face contract,
but some mex hanlcsi obstruction Of the air
passages occurs, and there 10 no, enough
strength TO produces sound
! DIR j lrNAs smith, "A child
4. t,nrr IL eric. Tht. il nrov,a.n,t.i cy
pansiou Of the lut.gs and not. A. .nany sun
pose, an indication Of Suffering or main /,
the hstc doe. no, cry. We .lap il and rha.c