he infant brought up by hand, 221.
--, their treatment, 222.
Stools of the infant, what the appearance of, and how frequent, in
health, 99. 172.
--, their deranged condition, a sign of disease, 173.
Suckling, plan of, 3.
--, by a wet-nurse, 27.
Sugar, 60.
Swelling of the breasts in the infant, 195.
Teat of the cow--the artificial--the cork, 41.
Teeth, of the permanent or adult teeth, 148.
--, the manner in which they appear, 148.
--, their value and importance, 152.
--, their management and preservation, 154.
Teething, easy; management of the child, 136.
--, difficult; hints upon, 139.
Tight-lacing, evils of, 92.
Tongue-tied, 205.
Ulceration or imperfect healing of the navel, 201.
Urine, retention of it in the infant after birth, 194.
Ventilation of the sleeping-rooms of children, 84.
--, its importance in sickness, 246.
Walking, the best mode of teaching a child, 87.
Warm bath, 128.
--, rules for the use of, 131.
--, directions for the use of, when the infant is stillborn, 192.
Water, as a beverage for children, 63.
--, in the head, 291.
Weaning, the time when to take place, 51.
--, the mode of effecting it, 52.
--; drying up the mother's milk, 53.
Wet-nurse suckling, 27.
--, rules for the choice of, 28.
--, diet and management of, 31.
Wine, its pernicious effects in childhood, 63.
Worms, 234.
THE END.
Also by Dr. Bull,
HINTS TO MOTHERS
FOR THE
MANAGEMENT OF THEIR HEALTH.
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the circumstances connected with their state, and which render medical
assistance necessary. The object of the work is to meet this
difficulty, by furnishing a species of information for which married
women are often very unwilling to ask, although they readily search for
it in books. The matter of Dr. Bull's treatise is arranged completely
in a popular form--in one that is best calculated to be understood by
the fair readers to whom it is addressed; and contains a variety of
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compendium for all women who expect t
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