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The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases By: Charles West (1816-1898) |
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BY
CHARLES WEST, M.D.
FELLOW, AND LATE SENIOR CENSOR, OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS:
FOUNDER OF, AND FORMERLY PHYSICIAN TO, THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN:
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE OF PARIS: ETC. AUTHOR OF 'LECTURES ON THE DISEASES OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD.'
NEW YORK:
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.
1885.
ADVERTISEMENT.
I have often asked myself whether it would not be possible to give in a
small compass, and avoiding all technical detail, such an account of the
diseases of infancy and childhood, as might be of use and comfort to the
intelligent mother. Returning now, with health perfectly restored, to practise my profession
for the rest of my life exclusively in my own country, I have brought
with me this little book, in which the comparative leisure of my
enforced sojourn at Nice has enabled me to realise my purpose. The book is not intended as a handbook for the nursery; many such exist,
and many of them are of great merit. Neither has it the worse than idle
pretence of telling people how to treat their children's illnesses,
without the help of a doctor. Its object is to give a description of the
diseases of early life, such as may help a mother to understand
something of their nature and symptoms, to save her from needless
anxiety as to their issue, and to enable her wisely to second the doctor
in his endeavours for their cure. CHARLES WEST. 55 HARLEY STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE.
August 1, 1885.
CONTENTS.
PAGE ADVERTISEMENT v
PART I. INTRODUCTORY 1 CHAPTER I. 1
Mortality of children and its causes Causes fourfold:
Intermarriage Hereditary taint Unhealthy dwellings
Unwholesome food CHAPTER II. 5
General signs of disease Shown by the cry, the temperature, the
pulse and breathing Rules for examination as to these points
Signs of absence of disease of the brain CHAPTER III. 12
General management of disease Mothers who cannot nurse their
children when ill Importance of truth and keeping child happy
Rules for management of bed room and bed The bath Poultices
Leeches Cold applications Medicines Note taking and
relation to the doctor
PART II. PLAN PROPOSED TO BE FOLLOWED 31 CHAPTER IV. 32
On the disorders and diseases of children during the first month
after birth Still birth Premature birth Imperfect expansion
of lungs Jaundice Ophthalmia Scalp swellings Ruptured
navel CHAPTER V. 45
Disorders and diseases of children after the first month, and until
teething is finished Infantile atrophy Rules for artificial
feeding Management of indigestion Thrush Teething
Affections of the skin Eczema
PART III. DISORDERS AND DISEASES INCIDENT TO ALL PERIODS OF CHILDHOOD 85 GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SECOND PERIOD OF CHILDHOOD 85 CHAPTER VI. 88
Disorders and diseases of the brain and nervous system Their
mortality and its causes Convulsions Congestion of the
brain Sunstroke Water on the brain Inflammation from
disease of the ear Chronic water on brain Brain disorder from
exhaustion Spasmodic croup Epilepsy St... Continue reading book >>
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