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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1913. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... LESSON VIII HYGIENE OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD SUGGESTIONS FOR DEMONSTRATION 1. Demonstrate by means of a doll or infant the proper position for taking a rectal temperature. 2. Show model outfit for new-born infant and for child one year old. 3. Show model nursing bottle and nipple and demonstrate proper cleansing and care of both. 4. Demonstrate bathing a young baby, preferably with a doll. "The mother is the natural guardian of her child and no other influence can compare with hers in its value in safeguarding infant life." (Dr. Newsholme.) Statistics show that at least thirteen out of every one hundred babies born in the civilized world die before they are one year old and even in New York City, where for years a special department, under the direction of the Board of Health, has been devoted to the welfare of infants and children, one out of every five deaths is a baby under one year of age and one out of every three deaths a child under five years of age. Improper feeding is without doubt the chief cause of this appalling death-rate, and the ultimate responsibility for its prevention must rest largely upon the mother. It is believed that proper feeding alone would reduce the death-rate among infants at least one half, but there are many contributing causes due not only to the environment and care of the child, but to the condition, habits of life and health of the parents as well. Every child has a right to be born of healthy parents and to be protected during its years of development, and it is of vital importance to the welfare of the race that mother love be supplemented by an intelligent comprehension of what constitutes a normal childhood. Children present certain unmistakable signs of health and well-being, but a mother should learn to detect a...