mealy dishes, nor any article of
food which produces flatulency; in short, they ought then to eat but
little, and remain awake at least for an hour after it.

2035. Bread.

It has often been contended that Bread is hurtful to children; but
this applies only to new bread, or such as is not sufficiently baked;
for instance, nothing can be more hurtful or oppressive than rolls,
muffins, and crumpets. Good wheaten bread, especially that baked by
the aerated process, is extremely proper during the first years of
infancy; but that made of whole wheat meal, or wheat flour from which
the bran has not been eliminated is, perhaps, more conducive to health
after the age of childhood.

2036. Drink.

With respect to Drink, physicians are decidedly against giving it to
children in large quantities, and at irregular periods, whether it
consists of the mother's milk, or any other equally mild liquid.

2037. Improper.

It is improper and pernicious to keep infants continually at the
breast; and it would be less hurtful, nay, even judicious, to let them
cry for a few nights, rather than to fill them incessantly with milk,
which readily turns sour on the stomach, weakens the digestive organs,
and ultimately generates scrofulous affections.

2038. Liquids.

In the latter part of the First Year, pure water, milk-and-water, or
toast-and-water may occasionally be given. On no account should a
young child be permitted to taste beer or wine, unless specially
ordered by a medical man. Those parents who accustom their children to
drink water only, bestow on them a fortune, the value and importance
of which will be sensibly felt through life.

2039. Drinking with Meals.

Many Children acquire a Habit of Drinking during their meals; it would
be more conducive to digestion if they were accustomed to drink only
after having made a meal. This salutary rule is too often neglected,
though it is certain that innundations of the stomach, during the
mastication and maceration of the food, not only vitiate digestion,
but they may be attended with other bad consequences; as cold drink,
when brought in contact with the teeth previously heated, may easily
occasion cracks or chinks in these useful bones, and pave the way for
their carious dissolution.

2040. Crying.

If we Inquire into the Cause which produces the crying of infants, we
shall find that it seldom ori