lso_ Labor

Constipation,
treatment of, 31, 40;
in baby, 184, 185, 279

Contagious diseases,
how contracted, 285;
incubation period of various, 287;
spread of, 286.
_See also_ under various diseases

Convulsions, 326

Coughing, 255

Cramps, 41

Croup, 306

Crying,
abnormal, 124;
birth cry, 123;
cause of, 132;
colicky cry, 129;
fretful cry, 125;
habit cry, 127;
healthy crying, 123;
hunger cry, 124;
illness cause of, when, 129;
pain cry, 126;
"spoiled-baby" crying, 128;
temper cry, 128;
thirst cry, 124

Cuts, wounds, etc., 353

Deaf-mutism, 331

Deafness, 302

Deformities, causes of, 17

Delivery, calculation of date of, 5, 6

Depressors, function of, 9, 15

Determiners, function of, 9, 15

Development of child, 240-41

Diarrhoea, 185, 280

Diet:
Appetite, improvement of the, 401;
assimilation, 360;
baby, diet of, 245-47;
cellulose, 365;
eating between meals, 368;
elimination, 360-62;
fats, 364;
food requirement (daily), 369;
foods, full value of, 366;
for children, 367;
fruit sugars, 363;
hygiene, 400;
mineral salts, 364;
nutrition, 362;
proteins, 363;
starches, 363;
treatment of child, daily program for, 402-4;
water, 365.
_See also_ Feeding the baby;
Nursing the baby

Digestion:
Disorder of, chronic indigestion, 275;
stomach, disordered, 278;
stomatitis or thrush, 279;
vomiting, 274.
_See also_ under various diseases

Diphtheria, 296

Discipline, methods of, 316-22

Dislocations and fractures, 254

Doctor, choice of, 55

Earache, 351

Ears, running, 299

Eclampsia, 47, 48;
prevention of, 50.
_See also_ Urine

Eczema, 334-35

Embryonic development, 11, 12

Enema, how administered, 280

Exercise, necessity of, during pregnancy, 27

Exercise of baby, 223

Eye infections, 298

Eyes, ears, and nose,
care of, 198;
foreign bodies in, 351

Fainting, 359

Fear, overcoming of, in children, 380-82

Feeble-mindedness, 331

Feeding the baby:
Bottle-fed baby, healthy characteristics of, 178;
changes in food to be gradual, 179;
constipation, how treated, 185, 279;
diarrhoea, cause of, 185, 280;
dissatisfaction, signs of, 181;
flatulence, 182;
formula, choice of, for, 178;
infant foods, 187-89;
mistakes in formulas, 180;
mixed feeding, 186;
overfeeding, 183;
vomiting, 182;
weight of baby, 183.
_See also_ Diet; M