The Washington times., 1906-12-08
HYGIENIC CARE SHOULD BE
TAKEN OF * BHBY'S MOUTH
Borax and Glycerine an Excellent and Harmless
Wash

A baby with a sweet. healthy. mouth
is an adorable. kissabIe possession.
But how about the many babies who
have little white patches looking Ike
curdIed milk, spotted all over the in
terror OF the mouth and throat?
Open your baby's mouth and examine
It. Is il wholesome. a healthy color.
sweet and pure?
Many mothers who are most scru-
pulousIy particular as TO brushing and
cleansing their own mouths never seem
TO think that baby from the day Of his
birth needs similar care.
How TO cleanse baby's mouth But
he hasn't any teeth 10 brush is the
common answer TO the advice that hy-
gienic swabbing out and washing of the
mouth IS a matter Of the greatest i'm
portance 10 an infants health.
All sorts of parasites grow on the
mouth. tongue, and throat from neglect
of cleanliness. 'Sprue." or thrush. is
very rare among children whose mouths
are cIeansed and purified periodically.
MIX foods are apt 70 sour and curdle
in the mouth, thus causing a sort Of
fungus TO flourish and grow apace on
the skin of the lips and the entire mouth
and throat cavity.
A delightful mouth wash for babies
IS twenty grains of boraN TO one ounce
OF glycerine- Borax and honey. q popu-
lar remedy. should never be used, since
the honey is liable 20 decompose.
The borax and gIycerine should be
applied by the finger. a soft wad of old
linen tied on q smooth pencil should
be dipped i'm the mixture and gently ap-
TaTfa
the tongue and back and front OF the
gums. so as TO furnish a daily com
plete antisepdc mouth wash for the in
FAINT In addition, once or twice daily
after feeding a similar linen wad dipped
in cold water should be softly rubbed
throughout the mouth cavity. The wads
should be used once only and then
burned
When teething time comes II mouth
cleansing be not used all the babv's food
is liable 10 be tainted with the harmful
SecreuOns Of an unWhOlesOmp mouth.
IN some delicate and badly nourished
children. especially those who are fed
on artificial or patent foods the chronic
condition of the mouth is so unhealthy
that kind OF fermentation very like
tnat present in sOured milk exists in the
saliva, and sets up wind collie and in
digestion.
Look carefully under babv's tongue
and see II there are. any little white
ulcers there. If so, the mouth must be
carefully CIeanSed after every feeding
with "A mixture made from one small
teaspoonfUl of bicarbonate of soda dis
solved IN six tablespOonfuls of warm
water.
Babies whose mouths are not kept
ScTupoulusly clean are sure To have spe-
Cial troubles when teethiug begins
swollen, tntlamed and red gums when
the teeth are about to come is one of
the evil results OF negleCting TO keep
the mouth sweet and pure.
There are several most UainfuI af-
fecuons and diseases OF the mouth and
throat In babies which arise entirely
from neglect of cleanliness in the care
OF the tongue, gums, etc. In children
WIN tendency TO consumption and
scrofula slight form of blood-pofson-
ing IS caused by the presence of those
little white ulcers all over the mouth
WhlGh SO often escape the notice of
mother and nurse.
All sorts OF disease germs are e-rcu-r
ana propagatcd in an unhealthy mouth
and these microbes are conveyed
through the food all over the hodv.
S.lusing ,.L.I.g diarrhGea and many kinds Of
In measles the constant cleansing of
the mouth IS most essential. and Will
help 10 prevent the bronchitis which
So often accompanies the disease
AS soon as a child Is old enough he
should be taught to scrub his mouth out
with a soft tooth brush, dental soar.
and plenty of cold water So long as
he is TOO much of a baby To perform
this most necessary health rite himself
the nurse or mother must by no means
neglect 10.
The Dangers Of the Comforter '-
All sorts OF little pimples and break
lngs ont occur round a baby's lips
Just because the inside of his mouth
has not been spring cleaned thor
oughly ana constantly.
You viii often find that a balls is
suffering from sore mouth or thrush,
10 such degree that sucking milk
from his bottle is extremely painful.
common source Of poisoning and
lmpurity in babies mouths arises from
lhe use Of the rubber comforter