Babyhood . in theend the more, perhaps, for past mis-conceptions. Moreover, your quiet,unobtrusive type, that frequents hid-den corners of our parlors and neverexpresses an opinion without anapology for it, may prove the verymost tenacious of her views. Conceitis a deep-seated characteristic, andmay pass unrecognized for a longtime under the proper control ofgood taste and tact. It may be partof our very sinew and not make itselffelt in general society for a consider-able period. Among our familiarfriends, however, I fancy we come tobe known for pretty much what weare, to be appreciated at abo
Babyhood . in theend the more, perhaps, for past mis-conceptions. Moreover, your quiet,unobtrusive type, that frequents hid-den corners of our parlors and neverexpresses an opinion without anapology for it, may prove the verymost tenacious of her views. Conceitis a deep-seated characteristic, andmay pass unrecognized for a longtime under the proper control ofgood taste and tact. It may be partof our very sinew and not make itselffelt in general society for a consider-able period. Among our familiarfriends, however, I fancy we come tobe known for pretty much what weare, to be appreciated at about ourreal worth, so far as one human beingcan know and appreciate another inthis world. Why, then, this mutual timidity?—a timidity which dwarfs our owngrowth by undermining the sincerityof our lives, and, affecting not ourlives alone, hampers us in the great-est of all trusts, that of showing ourchildren the sound, wholesome,true living, which is the only foun-dation upon which social service RECENT MEDICAL DISCOVERIES AND OBSERVATIONS. The Causes of Summer search after specific infectingagents has been engrossing the timeof most authoritative writers in re-cent years. We would not place theinfecting agent in the backgroundin our study of the subject, for with-out an infecting cause there can beno infection. Still, the existence ofa healthful class of infants who sel-dom or never suffer from diarrhoealtrouble, when surroundings andother conditions are favorable to itsdevelopment, should make the clin-ician keenly alive to the fact thatother important factors play a partin determining the cause in all casesof infantile bowel complaint. Thebearing of the vital force, , tem-perament, of a constitutional taint,and their relation to the nutritiveprocesses of each baby in its criticalperiod of life, are deserving ofthoughtful investigation. How com-mon for us to hear mothers relatethat certain children are or havebeen slow in teething, and that dur-i
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