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The Expectant Mother:—
Personal Hygiene.
Common ailments associated with pregnancy, important and non-important.
When to seek medical advice.
Advice as to the prevention of some common ailments.
Care of the new born child:—
Eyes—treatment—dangers of neglect.
Nose, mouth and ears.
Breasts—dangers of massage.
Bath.
When to wash a baby.
When not to wash a baby.
Care of the Premature Child.
Napkins.
Jaundice.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum:—
Causes, dangers and treatment.
Cord:—
Explain what it is—routine treatment—dangers of careless treatment—uncleanliness
—sore and discharging—bleeding from cord—septic cord.
Ruptures:—
Explain cause—palliative treatment—how to apply a truss—how to make a truss—
points to be observed in applying a truss.
Deformities:—
Hare lip, difficulty in feeding baby—how to feed baby.
Club foot—how to massage and apply splints.
Breast Feeding:—
Advantages of Breast feeding.
Breast feeding associated with second pregnancy.
Breast feeding associated with onset of menstruation.
The right way to hold the baby to the breast.
The wrong way to hold the baby to the breast.
Refusal to take the breast. Causes. What to do.
The care of nipples.
Complications likely to arise from uncleanliness.
When to feed the baby.
Insufficient or poor milk. How to improve the milk.
Medicines taken by the Mother affecting the child.
When to wean the baby.
How to wean the baby.
Complications which may follow too hurried weaning.
Artificial Feeding:—
Inferior to breast feeding. Why.
Choice of suitable food. Why.
Dangers of some proprietary foods.
Dangers of some condensed milks. The kind to buy.
Preparation—
Clean hands before starting to prepare foods. Why.
Clean bottles, teats, jugs and spoons.
How to clean bottles, teats, jugs and spoons.
Measuring Feeds:-
Accurate measuring.
Exact quantity according to age.
How to mix the feed.
Temperature of feed.
How to hold the bottle.
Ill effects on the baby through carelessness.
Dangers of bottle feeding v. breast: constipation, diarrhœa, rickets, gastro-intestinal
disorders.