Babyhood . ating the bowels and the wearing ofsome kind of elastic stocking ifnecessary. The avoiding of unnec-essary standing when the patient isnot walking is useful, as is also theraising of the limbs whenever prac-ticable. Similar care is advantageousto relieve effects of pressure else-where, as, for instance, upon thebladder, as evidenced by frequentcalls to pass water. As pregnancy proceeds, progres-sive changes occur in the breasts and 206 BABYHOOD. nipples. In many, perhaps most,cases no care is needed beyond theavoidance of pressure upon the parts,which is insured by ampleness of theg
Babyhood . ating the bowels and the wearing ofsome kind of elastic stocking ifnecessary. The avoiding of unnec-essary standing when the patient isnot walking is useful, as is also theraising of the limbs whenever prac-ticable. Similar care is advantageousto relieve effects of pressure else-where, as, for instance, upon thebladder, as evidenced by frequentcalls to pass water. As pregnancy proceeds, progres-sive changes occur in the breasts and 206 BABYHOOD. nipples. In many, perhaps most,cases no care is needed beyond theavoidance of pressure upon the parts,which is insured by ampleness of thegarments covering them. Occasion-ally the nipples are so diminutive asto make it probable that the infantwill have difficulty in seizing such cases it seems advantageousthat the mother should gently drawor coax out the nipples with the fin-gers morning and evening duringthe later months of the surface of the nipples isvery tender and shows a tendency tocrack or to become excoriated, it. SOME SANITARY ASPECTS A well-conducted school for littlechildren is one of the most charmingobjects in the world. Many primarypublic schools in our day are con-ducted in perfect sympathy with theneeds of children. In no branch ofthe public-school system has greaterimprovement been made within thelast twenty years than in this; andto a considerable extent this improve-ment has consisted in adopting themethods of the kindergarten. Butthere remain certain points of dif-ference in which the kindergartenseems to have the advantage—pointswhich may be summed up in this:that the kindergarten tries to benefitthe childs nature in all respects,educating it in right feeling and may usually be hardened by a dailyapplication of some those commonly used aretannin and glycerin, twenty grainsof the former to an ounce of the lat-ter; alcohol and water, equal parts,with a little alum added; tincture ofmyrrh and the familiar preparationsof witch-hazel. They should be ap-plie
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