Babyhood . ttempt to do thisto be sufficient; and by pausing afterthe childs hands have been held, toknow if he would not prefer to takeit himself, I have been met with ashamefaced and very welcome assent. However, if the child persists in hisrefusal, it will generally be foundthat by once, or at most twice, givingthe medicine in this way all futurestruggles will be avoided, especiallyif we are wise enough to take it forgranted each time that he means tobe good. Such tactics, aided by thechilds own recent experience that hewill have to take it, will rarely fail toachieve a victory. Coercion sh
Babyhood . ttempt to do thisto be sufficient; and by pausing afterthe childs hands have been held, toknow if he would not prefer to takeit himself, I have been met with ashamefaced and very welcome assent. However, if the child persists in hisrefusal, it will generally be foundthat by once, or at most twice, givingthe medicine in this way all futurestruggles will be avoided, especiallyif we are wise enough to take it forgranted each time that he means tobe good. Such tactics, aided by thechilds own recent experience that hewill have to take it, will rarely fail toachieve a victory. Coercion should,however, always be the last resourceand be reluctantly applied. I admitthat there are instances in which itcannot well be dispensed with, butthe necessity for its frequent repeti-tion always seems to indicate mis-management of some sort, and it hasto be remembered that in many casesof dangerous illness any attempt atcoercion is an absolute impossibility. The article will be concluded inour next FOLLOW THE PHYSICIANS DIRECTIONS. It would seem very unnecessary toinsist upon the need of paying atten-tion to the directions of a physiciancalled in for the express purpose ofgetting his advice, but in reality it isvery common to meet with the mostremarkable neglect of this point. Wedo not speak of those puerile personswho take the same delight in evadingdirections that school-boys do in out- witting the teacher, but of thosewho, through carelessness or misun-derstanding, defeat the physicianspurposes. For instance, it is verycommon to find that a certain reme-dy which, if taken as directed, wouldhave been consumed in three days,is still not more than half gone atthe end of the week, and then thepatient complains of its inefficiency. 40 BABYHOOD. j It often happens that the physiciansinstructions are not correctly appre-hended by the attendant, who maybe really desirous of doing her duty,but is perhaps weary with watchingor inexperienced in taking is, theref
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