The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-27

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DOPING THE UNHAPPY BABY
My baby, writes typical AEneriss
can mother, Is u months old ana
Is bothered with gas ct night.
That assumption, Of course, a.
wrong. whatever may account EoE,
the baby's discomfort It Is certainly.
not gas" ass
He wakes up and cries pretty hard.
sometimes, continues the typical
American mother. / say she Is g.
typical American mother because e
- evident that she received no I'M
struction in the care and feeding o.
infants in the typical American
school she attended as GIRL Here.
and there are elementary or grant.
mar schools or at least high schools
where girls are actually taught
sometimes about the care and feed
ing Of infants--but such schools
are exceptional and not typical Of
the attitude Of American educa-
tional authorities.
We usually give him little sugar
and ] tsp. brandy, the typical young
American mother goes on, and this
always helps. gave him two doses
of castor oil last week, and then
he was just tip-top, but this week
he Is Just the same all over again.
He has been very constipated from
the flrst-we, had to start giving
him castor oil when he was only
q few days old and we have to give
1t every few days. How can
! get him over this trouble2 Is
the sugar water and brandy harm
full TO him in any way?
MrE. ----.)
A teaspoonful Of brandy has the
intoxicating effect on q young In
FAINT that stiff drink Of brandy
would have on a child ten or twelve
years old. -,
A dose Of morphine, opium, lau-
danum or paregoris (camphorated
tincture Of opium always helps,'',
too, no matter what the complaint
or discomfort or worry may be. So
does dose Of acetanilade. But to
the shame Of American education be
1t said these sense deadening drugs
do not cure anything and should
not be available for indiscriminate
use.
The baby, asserts the uneducate,
mother she may have graduated
from high school and college, but
how many Of these so-called educar
tional institutions educate? - lias
been very constipated from thu
first" And that. too, Is wrong
No baby Is constipated until NAL
treatment upsets the automatic reg,
ulation OF the digestive functions.
The first dose Of castor oil is the
that deranges things
Once that has been perpetrated or
the unhappy baby, your troubles be-
gin.
Let the young mother send ter
cents and a stamped envelope bear
ing her address, for "The Brady
Baby Book Not much In 1t abou
giving babies brandy or castor oil
or other dope. but 1t may give some
tips on how to keep the baby happy
Some day when or II Americi
comes Of age our public school
may teach prospective parents o
least the rudiments Of the care
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Potatoes and Bread
While spoiled Americans worry
about food am well fed with pota-
toes and bread. Was raised on POI
tatoes and rye bread made Of coarse
flour, and o chunk Of beef three
times a week. Now I grind my own
wheat In old fashioned coffee mill,
and It makes the most appetizing
food one could want. I'M. A.
Answer supplemented with some
milk, or an egg now and then, and
greens when you can get EN-, the
plain wheat and potato diet is prob
ably adequate nutrition. I have o
pamphlet "Wheat to Eat" which
tells how to use plain wheat In the
everyday dietary--for copy send ten
cents and stamped envelope bearing
your address.
Ringworm
In place Of the rather messy full
FUR ointment suggested for itchy
toes try the fifty-fifty phenol-cam-
phor mixture. It has not unpleRs"
ant odor and cures the trouble or
ringworm on cattle muy pronto.
ID. o. b
Answer IT cannot recommend
the camphor phenol mixture -
phenol Is commonly known as car.
bolic acid, and 50 per cent strength
81 that Is too strong for indiscrilIn-
mate use. I have q pamphlet giving
tried remedies for Foot Itch--for
COPY send three cent stamped enc
velope bearing your address.
Copyright, 1898. John r. Ollie Co.l
likely that the most satisfactory. re-
suits have come from the employ
ment Of visiting nurses. the I'm