The Portland daily press., 1900-03-23
NURSERY COOKERY.
THE ANEMIc AND NERVOUS
CHILD.
CONTINUED from last week.)

BY Christine Terhune Herrick.
OF all the ills to which a child falls
q victim-and there are so many physi-
cal pitfalls for the little feet that one
marvels they do not stumble oftener,-a
long wearing debility is the most trying
TO the mother. sharp, sudden attacks
have their own terrcfs, but In them at
least there is something todd The very
imminence of the dahser STIMULATES the
mother to make a fierce flgflf She and
the disease seem to her to- be battling
against each other for thesdear little
life. and she counts all the anguish as
nothing II she but wins through with
her darling still in her arms.
The realest of all maternal agonies
that can be known by the mother of liv-
ing and sane little children comes when
one Of them is the prey of a slow, vast
ing disease or OF a long and discourage
ing convalescence that seems 10 make
no upward move. The heart strings are
wrung by the sight of the listless face,
the languid limbs. The mothers brain
is taxed with strenuous efforts to think
of some new food or combination of
foods that may tempt the appetizer
overcome the want of appetite-of the
little sufferer. whose only hope Of re-
covery lies in wise nutrition. The body
often the weakest part of the mother
is worn out with her endeavors to pre-
pare this food, to accomplish that re-
suit that will amuse or benefit the wee
invalid.
Certain diseases of children are less
dangerous in their active period than in
their sequelae. The worst risks Of an
ordinary case of measles or of scarlet
fever do not show themselves when the
disorder is at its height, but when des-
quamatlon has set in and even trifiing
neglect may mean impaired sight or
hearing or kidney trouble. The saddest
effects of cerebro-spinal meningitis
come, If the child have the stamina TO
pull through at all, when the terrible
disease has run its course, not while the
child lies convulsed in its cruel hold.
Lung trouble. whooping cough, sharp
intestinal disturbances. are all to be
dreaded for the condition In which they
may leave their victim quite as much
as for the immediate peril to which they
subject him. In many cases even the
fondest and most watchful care can not
dNtiA dlNNI Nil ~ SeNh wv -
the child continues to droop and is ner-
vous and anemic, is to aid nature to re-
invigorate the weakened forces and
slowly and patiently to restore the in
valid to n normal condition OF health and
spirits. There should be no such word
as fail in the mothers lexicon. Great
are the recuperative powers of young
child. and there are marvellous instances
where tender vigilance and wise nutri-
ton have brought little one back from
the very gates OF the grave.
A condition Of anemia and debility re-
quires particular dietetio treatment The
food must be nutritious and 1t must be
easily digested. The watery condition
OF the blood peculiar to anemia has an
unfortunate effect upon the digestion,
which is unable to show its normal Wig
or in disposing of food. The common
rule In nourishing sick people--of feed
ing them often and in small quantities,
applies here, as elsewhere. MIX, of
course, is of the first Importance, and
may be varied by cream. diluted with
an equal quantity of hot water, and fur
Their modified by tiny pinch of bi-car-
Donate Of soda.
(To be continued next week)