he mother whilst a nurse, 33.

Animal food, in childhood, 55.
--, its injurious effects upon the young and delicate child, 58.

Aperient liniment, 107.
--, medicine, 97.
--, poultice, 104.

Artificial feeding; the causes rendering it necessary, 34.

Artificial food; the proper kind for the child before the sixth
month, 35.
--; the mode of administering it, 39.
--; the quantity to be given at each meal, 42.
--; the frequency of giving it, 43.
--; the posture of the child when fed, 43.
--; the proper kind for the child after the sixth month, to the
completion of first dentition, 44.
--; the kind most suitable under the different complaints to which
infants are liable, 48.

Bath, the cold-water, plunge-bath, 118.
--, the shower, 123.
--, the warm, 128.
--, rules for the use of the warm bath, 131.

Bathing, sea, 120.
--, and cleanliness, during infancy, 72.
--, during childhood, 75.

Bleeding, from leech-bites, how controlled, 113.
--, from the navel string, 201.
--, navel, 203.

Blisters, mode of application, 114.

Bottle, nursing, 40.

Bowels, disorder of, in the infant, 208.

Breasts of the infant, swelling of, 195.

Breathing, how affected by disease, 175.

Calomel, danger in its use, 167.
--, injurious to the teeth, 160.

Carminative, Dalby's, 111.

Carriage, "a good carriage;" how best obtained, 95.
--; the sad results of the mode frequently adopted, 91.

Castor oil, 99.

Choice of a wet-nurse, rules for, 28.

Cleanliness and bathing, 72.

Clothing, in infancy, 78.
--, in childhood, 81.

Clysters, what kind best for children, 105.
--, mode of application, 106.

Cold, infants very susceptible of, 78.

Convulsions, 112, 167.

Cork-nipple teat, 41.

Costiveness, in infancy, 50. 229.
--, in childhood, 231.

Cough, as a sign of disease, 175.

Countenance, in health, 165.

Countenance, in disease, 165.

Croup, 176. 286.

Dalby's Carminative, 111.

Damp, induces disease in the infant, 85.

Dentition, easy, 136.
--, difficult, 139.

Diarrhoea, in the infant, 50. 227.

Dietetics of infancy, 2.
--, of childhood, 54.
--, general directions upon, and of animal food, 55.
--, sugar, 60.
--, salt, 61.
--, fruits, 62.
--, water, 63.
--, wine, beer, spirits, 63.

Diet, under the different complaints to which infants are liable, 48.
--, and regimen of a wet-nurse, 31.

Digestion, in the infant; time requisite for its performance, 42.

Discharge, from the eyes of