Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-04-28
WHY YOUR BABY CRIES.
EMINENT PHYSICIANS DIFFER RE.
oARnlne THE CAUSE.

nuencs Of Pins, Collie, HUNGER ana !
Thirst-Ersct Of Mourning Attire on
foung Babies-Iteguiar Habits.
Although all babies are not crvbab,e.
all babies cry
Crying and babies 20 together inst az
ham and eggs do, liver and bacon hoors
and eyes, shoes and stockings. broad ana
butter. The angelic baby whose wing, de.
crease as his legs increase IL the onIv All.
NAL that wastes his vitality In promiscnous
Yelling And yet there is philosophv in n.
tuneess music OF infancy not generalIv
understood by the world at large. AIthougb
involuntary, a well organized baby viii
show as much intelligence in his CT wing ..
his parents may In thinking.
Being the anchor Of it's mother M an.
should know more about the subject tban
mothers, but unfortunately no medical or
professional women with children conld he
induced to express an opinion as to why q
baby cries.
OF the fifteen women doctors seen only
three had babies Of their own. one had an
urgent case to attend and begged to be ex
cused, the other was In hurry to catch a
train, and the third remarked, with mas.
culine emphasis, that she had no time to
bother with reporters
The following opinions, most cheerfuliy
expressed by some of the representative
members Of the New York Medical society.
will be read with both interest and pleas,
ure by every mother and lover of a baby
SUFFERING OFTEN The CAUSE.
DR.. Janeway- Babies crying are babies
speaking 1t is their protest against pain,
i'll usage or neglect, But one mother
knows more about the causes than 10000
doctors
DR.. }. w. Dowling-A baby does not cry
aimlessly. II there is pin in his flesh. If
his stomach is full Of wind, II he has indi-
gestion, cold feet or a headache he will cry
long and loud He will cry. too, II he is
hungry, thirsty, sleepy, angry, hot or cold.
The colicky cry is loud, emphatic and i'm
pressiye, it has businesslike, imperative,
ring to it that calls for immediate and
remedial attention.
When the brain is affected the CRY ia
sharp and shrill, amounting to .-hriek at
| times, and is indicative of intense and I'M
bearable pain. A cry of this sort is pos
itiyely agonizing to the listeners, for there
Is no installing the pain felt by the little
/ one.
Then there is the teething cry-a pitiful,
| tncessant, unremitting little whine that is
at times incisive and petulant, and accom-
panied by restlessness and i'll temper The
hungry cry is a bawl. vehement, eager, ur
gent and impatient
1 The sleepy cry is something OF wall,
but not fearful as rule. The child is fire.
quently sweet tempered, though indiffer
ent, generally nervous and heavy eyed
The vicious cry, caused by restraint or dis
appointment, is noisy, clamorous, lusty
and rebellious; there is more volume Of
voice than tears, the quality and size of
the tone depending upon the anger If the
little one.
1t is good test of the condition of the
respiratory organs, and can be maintained
for hours by strong. healthy child II it
has inherited the wilIful, donineering
traits of parent or grandparent. it may
throw itself on the floor, kick, scream and
roll about for variety and keep up the howl
until the opponent yields or it has exhaust
ed its lung power
Thousands of times pins are the cause OF
infantile outbursts No baby will cry if it
is well and happy Crying is demonstr's
ton of suffering, discomfort, neglect OF
hereditary viciousness
DR.. Sumner A Mason-A baby does mos,
of his crying because he is hungry. The
cry of thirst, while not frequent, is :nvari
ably taken for grief, anger or sleepiness
and the mother spends hours patting and
rocking the youngster, when tablespoon
full of cold water would make him perfect
ly happy. Aside from the cry caused by
hunger, thirst and teething, there are al
| nfh ar riQ IN
fantile disorders.
For instance, there is the expirator,
moan in pneumonia, and the husky CRY
that follows the coughing, there is thu
broken cry in Group, bronchitis and pleur
isy; the continuous cry of earache, thu
shrill cry, accompanied by a drawing NJ
OF the legs, in stomach ache, the scream
, ing, and wrigglng of the hips in intestine
pain, irritahility of the bladder. the whin
ing cry of meningitis, when the baby fan
cies bright light, and there is the silen
cry when the muscles of the face contract
but some mechanical obstruction of the al
! passages occurs, and there is not enough
strength to produce sound.
DR.. j. Lewis Smth-The instant chill
: is born it cries. This is providential ex
, pansion of the lungs and not, as many sur
/ the babe does not cry, we slap it and char
1t until the cry that is to open the organ
! of respiration is heard. We'll developed
well formed and healthy babies cry lustil
at BIRTH while the weak child has feebl
little cry For the first few months, vary
ing with the bodily condition of the bab'
the cry is fearless, and il is not till the se'
t ond year that the lachrymal or tear duct
: are fully developed. After that there is
copious shedding, and a very slight caus
8 will lead to crying.
= Children are not born without fear, an
at sight of a strange person, object or a
animal baby OF average intelligence wi
cry. A black dog, black cat or horse WI
g produce more disturbance in the mind {
Q a baby than white kitten, canary bird
s a white rabbit Children are visibly a
9 tracted by any bright object, they nev'
a tire of looking at bright light; aowel
J.. please them, and they are drawn to Peep
rayly or brightly dressed A child refu
ing to go to a relative in dark cloth
! would not hesitate if the suit were change
l. to light color, with white, red or oil
necktie,-New York World.
A Grammatical Proposal.
Doth xvere vnunp and handsome. Bot