Preventable Diseases of Children

21 pages in this part of Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis's Cook Book.

SAVE THE BABIES-HEALTH AND DISEASE-DISEASES OF THE EYES- DIGESTIVE DISTURBANCES-SOOTHING SIRUP-SYMPTOMS OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES-INFANTILE…

INTESTINAL DISEASES Summer Complaint (Cholera Infantum). This fatal disease which kills thousands of infants every year attends continued…

Vomiting may indicate of the serious diseases of childhood or, more commonly in hot weather, "summer complaint" or simple diarrhea…

After this for eight or ten hours give only one or two teaspoonfuls of boiled water every ten or fifteen minutes, if wanted. A larger…

Great care must be exercised in treating for fever. There are two principal kinds. In outer or surface fever, the hands and feet are warm…

DON'T DRUG YOUR BABY Soothing Sirups. There is no such thing as a harmless soothing sirup, teething powder or "baby's friend", as such…

It contains opium in the form of morphine sulphate. There is little doubt but that this nostrum has caused the death of many children and…

Dr. Fahrney's Pepsin Anodyne Compound, morphine sulphate.

They contain opium. Opium kills babies. Don't dope your baby. of the drug passes away, the child becomes irritable and fretful with the…

Colic is often a symptom of some condition which needs attention.

Eruptions of any sort demand especially prompt attention. Chronic diseases may be suggested by emaciation; defective vision of one or both…

Quarantine. - All children or other persons exposed to infection from the following diseases should be kept under observation and excluded…

PREVENTABLE DISEASES OF CHILDREN Diphtheria. - This disease often runs a very mild course. A child may hardly feel sick enough to take to…

Modes of Infection. -The germs gain entrance into the system through the mucous surfaces of the nose and throat. Infection may be direct by…

This may be done by withdrawing a sample of the spinal fluid from the spinal column by means of a hypodermic needle. This is a simple…

DIPHTHERIA Diphtheria is a germ disease caused by the growth of the diphtheria bacillus, usually in the throat, nose or bronchial tubes…

Quarantine. Quarantine the entire household as recommended under scarlet fever. Keep children from day and Sunday school. Keep the members…

MEASLES Measles is the most contagious eruptive disease of childhood. It is probably a germ disease, but the germ by which it is caused has…

Persons exposed to measles and who have never had the disease should be quarantined for two weeks from time of exposure. Adults who have…

Symptoms. The period of incubation is from four to fourteen days after exposure. The symptoms for the first few days are those of an…

Repeat this two or three times until the head is clear of vermin. The nits may be removed by combing the hair after it has been moistened…