hat, whatever is the cause of its
screams and plunges, neither she, nor what she had eaten, had anything
to do with it, with this flattering assurance at her heart, she watches
her opportunity, and has another luxurious feast off the proscribed
dainties, till the increasing disturbance in the child's health, or
treachery from the kitchen, opens the eyes of mother and doctor to the
nurse's unprincipled conduct. In all such cases the infant should be
spared the infliction of medicine, and, as a wholesome corrective to
herself, and relief to her charge, a good sound dose administered to the
nurse.

2442. Respecting the diet of the wet-nurse, the first point of
importance is to fix early and definite hours for every meal; and the
mother should see that no cause is ever allowed to interfere with their
punctuality. The food itself should be light, easy of digestion, and
simple. Boiled or roast meat, with bread and potatoes, with occasionally
a piece of sago, rice, or tapioca pudding, should constitute the dinner,
the only meal that requires special comment; broths, green vegetables,
and all acid or salt foods, must be avoided. Fresh fish, once or twice a
week, may be taken; but it is hardly sufficiently nutritious to be often
used as a meal. If the dinner is taken early,--at one o'clock,--there
will be no occasion for luncheon, which too often, to the injury of the
child, is made the cover for a first dinner. Half a pint of stout, with
a Reading biscuit, at eleven o'clock, will be abundantly sufficient
between breakfast at eight and a good dinner, with a pint of porter at
one o'clock. About eight o'clock in the evening, half a pint of stout,
with another biscuit, may be taken; and for supper, at ten or half-past,
a pint of porter, with a slice of toast or a small amount of bread and
cheese, may conclude the feeding for the day.

2443. Animal food once in twenty-four hours is quite sufficient. All
spirits, unless in extreme cases, should be avoided; and wine is still
more seldom needed. With a due quantity of plain digestible food, and
the proportion of stout and porter ordered, with early hours and
regularity, the nurse will not only be strong and healthy herself, but
fully capable of rearing a child in health and strength. There are two
points all mothers, who are obliged to employ wet-nurses, should
remember, and be on their guard against. The first is, never to allow a
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