th equipment, 121;
bed, arrangement of, 108, 115, 119;
cleanliness, necessity for, 122;
equipment of, 114;
heating and ventilation, 118;
lighting, 120;
refrigerator, 268;
sleeping blanket, 118;
ventilation of, 120

Nursing the baby,
caked breasts, 136-37;
diet of mother, 135;
foods to be avoided by mother, 136;
hygiene of nursing mother, 134;
importance of, 133;
irritability of mother, effect of, 142;
mastitis (caked breast), treatment for, 100;
milk supply, how increased, 143;
mixed feeding, 186;
mother's milk, constituents of, 139;
overheating of mother to be guarded against, 142;
position of mother when, 141;
regularity in feeding, 141;
sore nipples, how treated, 138;
stools, regulation of, 142;
successful or unsuccessful, how determined, 142-43;
time of first feeding, 139;
to be avoided, when, 144;
water, administering, 140;
wet nurse, the, 145.
_See also_ Bottle feeding; Diet

Ovary, the, 8

Ovum, development of, into foetus, 11, 12

Paralysis, infantile, 330

Parents, relation of to children, 413-24

Pernicious vomiting. _See_ Morning sickness

Physician, selection of, for treatment during pregnancy, 21-22

Pigeon toe, 342

Placenta, role of, 18

Play and recreation, 390-91

Playmates of children, 311

Pneumonia, 307

Poisons and antidotes, 356-58

Pott's disease, 343

Pregnancy:
Bathing, necessity of, during, 29;
blood-pressure in, 49, 50, 52;
breasts, care of the, 33;
cheerful anticipation, advantages of, 4;
clothing appropriate during, 22;
constipation, how avoided during, 31-33, 40;
convulsions, treatment for, 48;
craving for special food, in, 40;
diet during, 24 ff.;
dizziness during, 47;
duration of, 5, 12;
exercise, necessity of, 27;
fresh air, necessity of, 29;
goitre in, 42;
hemorrhoids, treatment of, 41;
hygiene of, 21 ff.;
irritation of the bladder, 37;
kidney complications, 3;
medical supervision in early days of, 2;
mental state during, how regulated, 33;
miscarriage, danger of, at seventh month, 39;
morning sickness, remedies for, 35;
progress of, 11, 12;
quickening, 5;
resentfulness of mother, consequences of, 3;
rest, necessity of, 28;
signs of, 4;
swellings in, 42, 47;
teeth, care of, during, 30;
urine, diminution of, 47;
urine, testing of, 30;
vision, blurring of, the, 47;
water, necessity of, in, 26.
_See also_ A