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AT HOME.
THE
Physical Training
OF
Children.
By P. H. CHAVASSE,
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND; FELLOW OF THE OBSTETRICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON; FORMERLY PRESIDENT OF QUEEN’S COLLEGE MEDICO CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY, BIRMINGHAM; AUTHOR OF “ADVICE TO A WIFE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF HER OWN HEALTH,” ETC., ETC.
WITH
A Preliminary Dissertation,
By F. H. GETCHELL, M.D.,
CLINICAL LECTURER ON THE DISEASES OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN AT THE JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE, OBSTETRICIAN TO THE CATHARINE STREET DISPENSARY, FELLOW OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, AND MEMBER OF THE PATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, PHILADELPHIA; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE GYNŒCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF BOSTON; AUTHOR OF “THE MATERNAL MANAGEMENT OF INFANCY,” ETC., ETC.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.:
NEW-WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY,
MIDDLETOWN, CONN.: PARMELEE & CO.
BURLINGTON, IOWA: R. T. ROOT.
1871.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by
NEW-WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY,
(John C. Copper.—S. J. Vandersloot,)
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C.
iii
CONTENTS.
| INFANCY. | |
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| Preliminary Conversation | 17 |
| Ablution | 19 |
| Management of the Navel | 26 |
| Clothing | 29 |
| Diet | 33 |
| Vaccination | 53 |
| Dentition | 58 |