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Title: The Care and Feeding of Children
A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses

Author: L. Emmett Holt

Release Date: March 27, 2005 [EBook #15484]

Language: English

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THE CARE AND FEEDING OF CHILDREN

A CATECHISM FOR THE USE OF MOTHERS
AND CHILDREN'S NURSES

By

L. EMMETT HOLT, M.D., LL.D.

PROFESSOR OF DISEASES OF CHILDREN IN THE COLLEGE OF
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS (COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY)

ATTENDING PHYSICIAN TO THE BABIES' HOSPITAL AND THE
FOUNDLING HOSPITAL, NEW YORK

Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged

NEW YORK AND LONDON
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

1907

COPYRIGHT, 1894, 1897, 1903, 1906
By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

[Transcriber's Note: The text scans did not include a Table of
Contents so the following has been added for the convenience of
the reader.]

CONTENTS

I. THE CARE OF CHILDREN

Bathing
Genital Organs
Eyes
Mouth
Skin
Clothing
Napkins
Nursery
Airing
Weight, Growth, and Development
Dentition

II. INFANT FEEDING

Nursing
Weaning
Artificial Feeding
Selection and Care of Milk Used for Infant Feeding
Modification of Cow's Milk
Food for Healthy Infants--The Early Months
Food for Healthy Infants--The Later Months
General Rules for Guidance in the Use of the Formulas Given
Addition of Other Foods to Milk
Overfeeding
Loss of Appetite
Changes in Food Required by Special Symptoms or Conditions
Common Mistakes in Milk Modification and Infant Feeding
Preparation of Cow's Milk at Home
Directions for Feeding Infants
Intervals of Feeding
Regularity in Feeding
Sterilized Milk
Modified Milk of the Milk Laboratories
Peptonized Milk
Feeding During the Second Year
Feeding During the Third Year

III. THE DIET OF OLDER CHILDREN

Milk and Cream
Eggs
Meats and Fish
Vegetables
Cereals
Broths and Soups
Bread, Crackers, and Cakes
Desserts
Fruits
Indigestion in Older Children
General Rules to be Observed in Fe