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preferable to cotton, dangers of flannelette. Number and shape
of garments. Method of putting them on. Need of changing
clothing at night. Short-coating. Avoid exposure of limbs.
LECTURE 5. CLEANLINESS AND TRAINING.
Delicacy of infants' skin. Natural action of skin. Daily
bath, its temperature, when and how to be given. Drying of the
infant, use of powder. Cleansing of eyes, ophthalmia and its
results. Cleansing of the mouth, thrush. Cleansing of ears and
scalp. Need of care in holding infants, weakness of muscle and
bone. Care not to startle or excite infant, delicacy of nerve.
Training in habits of cleanliness. Regularity of action of bowels.
LECTURE 6. SLEEP AND EXERCISE.
Time to be spent in sleep. Fresh air day and night. Separate
cot, how to make. Dangers of overlaying. Weight of bedclothes.
Position of infant. Need of turning from side to side. Waking
for food. Sleep in day-time. Importance of quiet. Training
child to lie down. Importance of good habits. Exercise of
muscles, crying and kicking. Crawling and learning to walk.
Mouth breathing. Abuse of comforters.
LECTURE 7. WEANING AND DENTITION.
Age for weaning from breast or bottle: avoidance of hot
weather for breast fed infant. Dangers of too prolonged nursing.
Gradual method of weaning. Dangers of too much starch.
Diet from 9 to 18 months of age.
Dentition not a disease. Course of Dentition. Necessity
for use and cleaning of teeth.
LECTURE 8. DISEASES OF INFANTS.
Ophthalmia.—Cause. Prevention. Signs. Treatment.
Thrush.—Cause. Prevention. Signs. Treatment.
Rickets.—Cause. Prevention. Signs. Treatment.
Epidemic Diarrhæa.—Cause. Prevention Signs. Treatment.
Tuberculosis.—Conveyance of contagion. Cooking of food.
Dangers of expectoration. Signs of tubercle in infants.
Flies and dust.