Rule 11.—Do not wean a child just before or during hot weather; nor, as a rule, until after
its second summer. If suckling disagrees with the mother she must not wean the child,
but feed it in part from the nursing bottle as directed. However small the supply of breast-
milk, the mother should keep it up against sickness. Jt will ojten save the life of a child
when every thing else fails. When over six months old the mother may save Her strength
by giving it one or two meals a day of stale bread and milk, which should be pressed
through a sieve, and put into a nursing bottle. When from eight months toa year old, it
may have also one meal a day of the yolk of a fresh, rare boiled egg, or one of beef or mut-
ten-broth, into which stale bread has been crumbled. When older it can have a little meat,
finely minced; but even then milk should be its principal food, and not what grown people
usually eat. ; , ;
Rule 12.—If a child is suddenly taken with vomiting, and purging, and prostration, send
for the doctor at once. Meantime, put the child for a few minutes in a hot bath, then
carefully wipe dry with a warm towel, and wrap in warm blankets. lf hands and feet are-
cold, apply bottles filled with hot water and wrapped in flannel. Place a mush poultice or
flaxseed poultice to which one quarter part of mustard flour has been added, or flannels.
wrung out of hot vinegar and water, over the belly. Give every fifteen minutes, five drops.
brandy in a teaspoonful of water; if vomiting continues, give the brandy in the same
quantity of milk and lime-water. Ifthe diarrhwa has just begun, or if caused by improper
ood, give a teaspoonful of castor-oil, or of spiced syrup of rhubarb. If the child has been
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cold water
fed partly on breast-milk, mother’s milk alone must be used now. If Meener ae pure» —
milk with lime-water, or give weak beef-tea or chicken-water. Let child drin
@reely. Remove soiled diapers at once from the room but save for the examination of the.
physician.
HINTS; POR sTHE iW ELE,
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Always rest before and after a hearty meal.
Do not eat too much. Do not eat late at night.
Food, especially bread, should never be eaten hot.
Children should never be dressed in tight clothes.
Never sit in a damp or chilly room without a fire.
Supper just before going to bed is highly injurious. If hungry, a bit of
‘bread or cracker will check the craving without spoiling sleep.
Never enter a room where a person is sick with an infectious disease with
‘anempty stomach. .
When really sick, send for a good physician ; and as you value your health
‘and life, have nothing to do with quacks or patent medicines. .
The condiments, pepper, ginger, etc., are less injurious in summer. Fat
‘beef, bacon, and hearty food may be eaten more freely in winter.
Let the amount of the meal bear some relation to future needs as well
as present appetite; but it is better to carry an extra pound in your Re
‘than in your stomach.
A small quantity of plain, nourishing soup is a WHpleacine first course at
dinner. Rich soups are injurious to persons of weak digestion, and a large ©
quantity of liquid food is not beneficial to adults.
Three full meals daily are customary, but the number, the relati7e quantity
‘and quality, and the intervals between them, are largely matters of opinion,
‘habit and convenience; regularity is the important thing.
Exercise before breakfast should be very light; and it is better to take a
cracker or some trifle before going out, especially in a miasmatic climate.
Early breakfasts are a necessity to the young and growing.
Remember that when the stomach is sour after eating, the food is fetaally
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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Rule 11.—Do not wean a child just before or during hot weather; nor, as a rule, until after its second summer. If suckling disagrees with the mother she must not wean the child, but feed it in part from the nursing bottle as directed. However small the supply of breast-milk, the mother should keep it up against sickness. It will often save the life of a child when every thing else fails. When over six months old the mother may save her strength by giving it one or two meals a day of stale bread and milk, which should be pressed through a sieve, and put into a nursing bottle. When from eight months to a year old, it may have also one meal a day of the yolk of a fresh, rare boiled egg, or one of beef or mutton-broth, into which stale bread has been crumbled. When older it can have a little meat, finely minced; but even then milk should be its principal food, and not what grown people usually eat. ; , ;
Rule 12.—If a child is suddenly taken with vomiting, and purging, and prostration, send for the doctor at once. Meantime, put the child for a few minutes in a hot bath, then carefully wipe dry with a warm towel, and wrap in warm blankets. If hands and feet are cold, apply bottles filled with hot water and wrapped in flannel. Place a mush poultice or flaxseed poultice to which one quarter part of mustard flour has been added, or flannels. wrung out of hot vinegar and water, over the belly. Give every fifteen minutes five drops of brandy in a teaspoonful of water; if vomiting continues, give the brandy in the same quantity of milk and lime-water. Ifthe diarrhwa has just begun, or if caused by improper
oofood, give a teaspoonful of castor-oil, or of spiced syrup of rhubarb. If the child has been fed partly on breast-milk, mother's milk alone must be used now. If pure milk can not be had, give milk with lime-water,, or give weak beef-tea or chicken-water. Let child drin
@reely. Remove soiled diapers at once from the room but save for the examination of the. physician.
HINTS FOR THE WELL.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Always rest before and after a hearty meal.
Do not eat too much. Do not eat late at night. Food, especially bread, should never be eaten hot. Children should never be dressed in tight clothes. Never sit in a damp or chilly room without a fire.
Supper just before going to bed is highly injurious. If hungry, a bit of
‘bread or cracker will check the craving without spoiling sleep.
Never enter a room where a person is sick with an infectious disease with ‘anempty stomach. .
When really sick, send for a good physician ; and as you value your health ‘and life, have nothing to do with quacks or patent medicines. .
The condiments, pepper, ginger, etc., are less injurious in summer. Fat ‘beef, bacon, and hearty food may be eaten more freely in winter.
Let the amount of the meal bear some relation to future needs as well
as present appetite; but it is better to carry an extra pound in your Re
‘than in your stomach. A small quantity of plain, nourishing soup is a WHpleacine first course at
dinner. Rich soups are injurious to persons of weak digestion, and a large ©
quantity of liquid food is not beneficial to adults.
Three full meals daily are customary, but the number, the relati7e quantity ‘and quality, and the intervals between them, are largely matters of opinion, ‘habit and convenience; regularity is the important thing.
Exercise before breakfast should be very light; and it is better to take a cracker or some trifle before going out, especially in a miasmatic climate. Early breakfasts are a necessity to the young and growing.
Remember that when the stomach is sour after eating, the food is fetaally