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ADVICE TO A MOTHER

ON THEMANAGEMENT OF HER CHILDRENAND ON THETREATMENT ON THE MOMENTOF SOME OF THEIR MORE PRESSING ILLNESSESAND ACCIDENTS

BY

PYE HENRY CHAVASSE,

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, FELLOW OF THEOBSTETRICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, FORMERLY PRESIDENT OF QUEEN'S COLLEGEMEDICO-CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY, BIRMINGHAM.

"Lo, children and the fruit of the womb are an heritage and gift thatcometh of the Lord."

PREFACE.

This Book has been translated into French, into German, into Polish,and into Tamil (one of the languages of India); it has beenextensively published in America; and is well-known wherever theEnglish language is spoken.

The Twelfth Edition—consisting of twenty thousand copies—beingexhausted in less than three years, the THIRTEENTH EDITION is nowpublished.

One or two fresh questions have been asked and answered, and two orthree new paragraphs have I been added.

PYE HENRY CHAVASSE.

214, HAGLEY ROAD, EDGBASTON,BIRMINGHAM, June, 1878.

CONTENTS.

PART I—INFANCY.

PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONABLUTIONMANAGEMENT OF THE NAVELNAVEL RUPTURE—GROIN RUPTURECLOTHINGDIETVACCINATION AND RE-VACCINATIONDENTITIONEXERCISESLEEPTHE BLADDER AND THE BOWELSAILMENTS, DISEASE, ETC.CONCLUDING REMARKS ON INFANCY

PART II—CHILDHOOD

ABLUTIONCLOTHINGDIETTHE NURSERYEXERCISEAMUSEMENTSEDUCATIONSLEEPSECOND DENTITIONDISEASE, ETC.WARM BATHSWARM EXTERNAL APPLICATIONSACCIDENTS

PART III—BOYHOOD AND GIRLHOOD

ABLUTION, ETC.MANAGEMENT OF THE HAIRCLOTHINGDIETAIR AND EXERCISEAMUSEMENTSEDUCATIONHOUSEHOLD WORK FOR GIRLSCHOICE OF PROFESSION OR TRADESLEEPON THE TEETH AND GUMSPREVENTION OF DISEASE, ETC.CONCLUDING REMARKSINDEX

ADVICE TO A MOTHER.

PART I.—INFANCY

Infant and suckling.—I. SAMUEL A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.—BYRON. Man's breathing Miniature!—COLERIDGE.

PRELIMINARY CONVERSATION

1. I wish to consult you on many subjects appertaining to themanagement and the care of children; will you favour me with youradvice and counsel?

I shall be happy to accede to your request, and to give you the fruitsof my experience in the clearest manner I am able, and in the simplestlanguage I can command—freed from all technicalities. I willendeavour to guide you in the management of the health of youroffspring;—I will describe to you the symptoms of the diseases ofchildren;—I will warn you of approaching danger, in order that youmay promptly apply for medical assistance before disease has gainedtoo firm a footing;—I will give you the treatment on the moment; ofsome of their more pressing illnesses—when medical aid canno

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