ous mother.

Usually the mother not only attempts the care of the sick baby with
the long night vigil--often not having the opportunity to take a bath
or change her raiment day in and day out--but she often attempts to
manage the entire household as well, including the getting of the
meals and keeping the house cleaned, and it is not to be wondered at
that her nerves become overtaxed and in an unlooked for moment she
becomes irritable and cross with the sick child.

No matter how low the financial conditions of the family may be,
outside help is always essential in cases of severe or long-continued
illness of the children. Should the mother insist upon caring for the
baby herself, then all household duties should be given over to
outside help, and as she takes the role of the nurse, the same daily
outing and sleep that an outside nurse would receive should be hers to
enjoy.

Dr. Griffith has so ably detailed the "features of disease" that we
can do no better than to quote the following:[A]

[A] From Griffith's _Care of the Baby_, copyrighted by W. B. Saunders
Company.

POSITION

The position assumed in sickness is a matter of importance. A
child feverish or in pain is usually very restless even when
asleep. When awake it desires constantly to be taken up, put down
again, or carried about. Sometimes, however, at the beginning of
an acute disease it lies heavy and stupid for a long time. In
prolonged illnesses and in severe acute disorders the great
exhaustion is shown by the child lying upon its back, with its
face turned toward the ceiling, in a condition of complete
apathy. It may remain like a log, scarcely breathing for days
before death takes place. Perfect immobility may also be seen in
children who are entirely unconscious although not exhausted.

A constant tossing off of the covers at night occurs early in
rickets, but, of course, is seen in many healthy infants,
especially if they are too warmly covered. A baby shows a desire
to be propped up with pillows or to sit erect or to be carried in
the mother's arms with its head over her shoulder whenever
breathing is much interfered with, as in diphtheria of the larynx
and in affections of the heart and lungs. The constant assumption
of one position or the keeping of one part of the body still, may
indicate paralysis. When, however, a cry attends a forc