New-York tribune., 1907-01-24
EDUCATING MOTHERS.
DR.. Darrack Lectures In Public
School ON Bone Diseases.

Sixty mothers sat IN ring in the kindergarten
OF Public School 81. in South 90 street WILL
iamsburg, yesterday afternoon. and learned from
Dr. Darrach. president OF the Darrach Home for
Crippled Children. how to detect the nrst signs OF
ricketts, Pottss disease bone tuberculosis and all the
other bone and muscle diseases that come 90 babies
from lack OF proper care and food. and which, IL
dealt with at the outset are likely 20 grow
and worse. and make the whole after life OF
the child OF misery and disability
DR.. Darrach. whose interest IN such small suffer-
ers led her some years ago TO establish her Home
for Crippled Children. is giving series OF these
talks to mothers In the various public schools Il
is the latest addition 70 the University Extension
courses
Dr. Darrach began by a little talk on bone forma-
tion, explaining how the baby's bones not hard.
like ivory. but made up OF cells which require 20
be nourished and how on that account the baby
must have the purest OF good milk. simple and
These cells In a baby's bones have more work
she said for they have form other cells. since
''Onc OF the commonest bone diseases OF child-
hood she went on lis TicketT Ike Il whsu your baby
after a while the head seems TO be growing larger
signs that the little bones aren't getting the proper
nourishmeHtnthat they are beginning TO spread
signs ask & &yS1Tseff lis my baby gettins the sort sort
ARP And at the rst signs Of any trouble take the
little to doctor: There are plenty OF hOspi-
for your baby the care OF speoialist-just the
Whe ce m cRas as se seS them hs good deal % Tor
Bone tuberculosis often results from ricketts, II
policemen, 10 drive out disease germs. but suppose
sood ' and I these little SRe i cells RaSs
Knee perhaps; the tuberculosis germs whicn are
foating about everywhere find Judgement there.
Don't II your child says to you. My knee
hurts. think that Il IS ss growing pains or rhegmn-
little rubbing. for It may be something much more
the child Wakes up IN tho nigat With sharp CRY
. Of pain e. and falls asleep Sgsn t may be Just the
children don't often have those dreams More
for those sharp cries are recognized by the doctors
as -, bone pain cries ant.
leaned forward with her head supported in 'fs her
sO&o er RS N. o se @ fhs
neck; The INSTINCT to & ss IN that a way Is 1aturss
Would do ater. With the Iron frame around he
neck which children have 70 wear who have Potts;s
tired and Dr. Darrach took few steps. leaning mi
SeEs With ts her G bones o Ing sa, on hsT are
weak, diseased. and the child should be TAX IN 10 a
II your little one seems inclined 70 save one les
P 20 rnss sa1e te GS ss HSsss GIs eu children
warning. by weakness and pain. OF some serious
Never think DIR. Darrach went on, THAT any
Is tSS BAD e. tS tS be sIc Ts@ediGd bsys
their spines that they walked bent over like kanga-
roos, and have seen them helped. and sometimes
Then DIR. Dqrrach told the mothers how to detec,
anema-how sometimes, even when the cheeks are
rosy poor and I'll nOurished blood shows itself IN
certain waxiness Of the ears. a paensss about the
eyes Plenty OF simple ana nourishing food is the
at least. bread and milk Is the Ideal food or chill
! dren. No. In answer TO question from one ot
the mothers, ''I don't think boiled milk best Boil
ing makes it less nourishing. Mothers milk isn't
| boiled and that Is the true food for babies. God
| puts everything into the mothers milk that ths
| baby needs but if the mother can't nurse IL,
| child, why she must find the food that Is rhs hes
| substitute And that varies with different chii.
] dren"
The mothers listened with deep interest and asked
/ told OF a neighbor who fed her year-oid baS,
] plum cake and tea, and asked the doctor what shs
would do with woman like that Another asEes
why the soft spot In the top Of a neighbors babyl
/ when the soft spot in a bahy's head ought 10 rs
/ hard. and. when DIR. Darrach diagnosed ii as In,
/ beginning of ricketts,. declared that she was goins
70 urge that woman to take her baby to the hos