is endeavours for their cure.

CHARLES WEST.

55 HARLEY STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE.
_August 1, 1885._

CONTENTS.

PAGE

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_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 -- Ch