The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-10


IS kept on the top itself, but paregoric
and other so-called soothing syrups are
always within reach of the lazy nurse
and the loving mother.
me poor mother cannot bear to hear
the enid cry, and therefore takes what
Is Is, a ~ sISts as mothers friend and
when really is the child's enemy
Inc nurse, on the other hand, if prop
eriy trained, nows the nostrum and its
PAD enects, vet still gives only a small
herself can have a nights sleep.
When child cries there is always
| reason for 1t, be ii at night or during the
Gay, we must always consider that a
chlld is a growing organism, and hence
the nerves not being properly developed,
there is what physicians term a hyper
sensltiveness, and this implies a cond1-
ton where emotions are very keenly felt
Every mother has, no doubt, observed
how easily child is frightened and no.
t1ced how easily children laugh and how
quickly an infant can be offended by TAX
lng one OF IT'S toys away. Children want
their ambitions gratitied, and if their de-
maHds are not quickly complied with we
notice 2t,.3 me ehanea in temper.
rms laughtef ard iheSe- tears are not
abnormal; they simply denote, as 1 said
before a hypersensitiveness We must
always remember d child's reasoning fac
ult1es, are not developed, and its actions
prove that.
Older children, or those able to speak
and walk, are fairly able to acquaint
those around them with their wishes, SEN
sations, pleasures and dislikes But let
US take up that complex and divine body,
the innocent baby, and see how it acts
and hives. Mother nature has decreed
thaA an infant shall not speak until it
is 2 or 3 years old. But still a child is
given language by means of which it
expresses its emotions, dts desires hun
GER thirst. pain and that tired feeling.
WHY BABY CRIES.
Professor Garner went to darkest Africa
TO investigate the language of monkeys.
How strange it is that no one seems to
ind it interesting enough TO investigate
the inarticulate cry of the baby.
Cries are different Some are pitched
high, some low. Some are piercing, some
are means; some loud and coarse, some
barely audible. Every intelligent mother
will be able to distinguish a great var
Iiety of cries Unfortunately we cannot
translate all or any more than can Pro-
lessor Garner all of those of his monkeys.
But we can guess the meaning by OBJ
serving the gestures. The expression OF
the face, and even parts of The face, are
of great assistance in understanding the
baby. The meaning of all cries cannot be
taught on paper any more than SWIM
ming can be taught by book; but he
lieve that every intelligent mother or
nurse can by close observation become
acquainted with a childis voca bulary.
A woman learns to understand the cat;
why can she not learn to- understand her
ba by. who is decidedly more intelligent?
/ was recently summoned by an anxious
mother to attend a child about Is months
old. This child had cried constantly rex
-cept when placed in certain positions The
wise nurse had diagnosed wind collie
and cramps Castor oil and peppermint
had already been given poor baoy. The
child could not stand, and seemed in
pain, so it was put to bed, and dose
of soothing liquid given. But baby was
not soothed-so more was given until the
nurse was satisfied.
1 found the child half dazed, and then
heard the story. l examined the child
- cln NiT1cr writ
stockings on. l asked the mother, Don't
you remove the baby's shoes and stock
ings at night?" "Oh, yes; but the baby
would not let me, she was so fretful." |
proceeded to examine the baby, and found
nothing until l touched the foot and
heard the cry of pain.
1 reasoned, child unable to walk, cries
with pain when foot is touched. Hence,
must examine the foot. The nurse tried
to take the shoe and stocking off and |
saw that rubber garterEwas twisted and
while the child was crying from the pain.
The secret was reached / found that the
tight and twisted garter had: interfered
with the circulation of the blood, and that
The child's cry had not been understood.
OPIUMATED REMEDIES.
What good, or bad did the So soothing
liquid do IN this case? Fortunately none.
easily understand. All soothing ,syrups
and paregorics contain more or less OF
that deadly drug, opium, or its prepare
tions. we are all acquainted with the
results of the opium habit in grown per-
sons, contracted voluntarily and invol-
UNFAIRLY, in similar manner can
child acquire the opium habit =,
Every cry and moan is answered with
the ever ready soothing liquid. Is 1t the
pricking of pin? The nurse gives sooth-
Ing liquid. Is 1t tight bandageI Give
soothing syrup. Is 1t eoh Ill ev er
mindl They always give soothing syrup.
Is it sleeplessness? Then alas. soothing
syrup is very effective. ;.
In fact the danger of the preparation is
that 1t does soothe the child-yes, stupi-
fies it and puts it to sleep. soon the
child is accustomed to the opium ana
has a craving for it lust IKE us eia ger
usual symptoms, aggravated dlarrhoeas.
peevishness, vomiting, insomnia, loss OF
appetite. all appear; and disappear as II
bv magic as soon as we give increased
S5ses Of any preparation containing
oyillm. But, alasl the limit is soon
reached, and the poor innocent slave OF
opium pays the penalty for the sins Oh
Its mother or nurse.
A CASE IN POINT.
Without desiring to be technical. peg
leave to quote the following from a paper
read before the New York County Medical
society:
a GSef poorlH n Marg no his
tory of cough or previous disease-famllly
diarrhola July I, 1892, owing to faulty diet
and hot weather-the child was under
various treatments until July 2O-in all
about two weeks. When / first saw her
found that she had received chalk and
bisnuth mixture and various powders.
and a fourth physician gave injections OF
starch and laudanum.
THE last was most efficaclous. Or;
dered barley Cruel, and gave directions to
discontinue all medicines. For thirst
diluted phosphoric acid with boiling water
was given. This was done at the babies
wards of the Postgraduate hospital, and
baby sent home. The. case was seen next
day and diarrhea continued. TIE
case was seen every day for ten days, diar
rhea continuing. The child : did not
return for twenty-five days. Its mother
had meanwhile consulted her former ply
stefan, who had previously ordered ten
drops of laudanun, and this time was told
to again give the same dose, but she had
to increase the dose until sixteen drops
were given. The child's mother assured
me the injection acted like magic, for, to
quote her own words. the appetite re-
turned the child slept after each injection
and the diarrhea stopped
i was told, howeveri that it was neces-
sary to give two injections daily, each con-
tanning sixteen drops of laudanum Here
the dose had been increased drop by drop
from three drops at the beginning. The