The care and feeding of children : a catechism for the use of mothers and children's nurses / by L. Emmett Holt.

  • Holt, L. Emmett (Luther Emmett), 1855-1924.
Date:
1914,©1912
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Credit: The care and feeding of children : a catechism for the use of mothers and children's nurses / by L. Emmett Holt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    In bad cases it may cover the tongue and the whole of the inside of the mouth. How should a mouth he cleansed when there is spruef It should be washed carefully after every feeding or nursing with a solution of borax or bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)^ one even teaspoonful to three ounces of wat^r, and four times a day the boric-acid solution mentioned on previous page should be used. SKIN How should the infant*s skin he cared for to pre- vent chafing? First, not too much nor too strong soap should be used; secondly, careful rinsing of the body; thirdly, not too vigorous rubbing, either during or after the bath; fourthly, the use of dusting powder in all the folds of the skin,—under the arms, behind the ears, about the neck, in the groin, etc. This is of the utmost importance in very fat infants. If the shin is very sensitive and chafing easily produced, what should he done f 'No soap should be used, but bran or salt baths given instead.