Show H It V M I t I I I-I I 4 I M 1 M M I M t I t I t t t MM 4 t M t M M I M M 4 M 4 M 4 4 M M H H M WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS I I I I I I tt The proper care of children especially In winter when the fre frequent ent changes In Inthe Inthe inthe the weather veather make them especially liable to Illness is a subject of ot the utmost Im Un- All children and especially those who are v v very ry young bear cold very badly Sudden changes of temperature are to tobe tobe tobe be avoided and especial care should be betaken betaken betaken taken against the child remaining In a aloW alow alow low temperature for the reason that the body soon loses its heat and as a result the vitality Is lowered and the system liable to to disease V Short contact with cold air or water Is injurious to Infants while prolonged exposure Is of ot necessity even more so so especially when the air is damp as well as cold Children under 6 8 years of age cannot stand a long walk Jn In n cold weather er they soon tire and then feel the cold exceedingly While in the air children passing from a sheltered to an exposed position as in turning the corner of a street may become chilled On their coming into the house hot and excited from their play and and removing their thelI coats in a room that is only partially warm they catch more cold than the exposure of going out ut could possibly have caused A baby In arms often catches cold Ina in ina a a. similar manner being closely muffled up on starting out out it comes back hot and perspiring and is then laid down asleep with its clothes removed on a V 4 M MM MM 4 MM H t cold cot in an insufficiently warmed room Every child should be bathed at a regular regular regular reg reg- ular time each day and one bath In Inthe Inthe inthe the twenty-four twenty hours is amply ampy sufficient To Infants this is best given In Inthe Inthe inthe the morning way half-way between the first two feedings and in a room which has hasa a temperature of 96 91 degrees or 98 degrees de de- de- de grees The temperature of the roOm Is Isa isa a a. good guide for the temperature of the bath especially in Infants Just before the child is placed In the bath it is best t to thoroughly w wet t its head to prevent Its catching cold The bath should not last longer than five minutes after which the body should be thoroughly dried and the child then covered covered cov coY V ered with a blanket and allowed to go to sleep Very cold baths should never b be given to children A hot bath should never be given without the c careful reful use of an accurate bath thermometer A Abath Abath Abath bath of a temperature of degrees will cause perspiration and will often in hi restless restless rest rOst- less children be followed by a quiet sleep but It should be used with great caution The plunging into sudden heat tends to close the blood vessels on the surface of or the body for tor the moment Just as cold will do but later th they Y expand ex ex- the bod body heat Is off and J If one remains In the bath exhaustion will wil rapidly follow Every child no matter what its age requires muscular exercise in some form formin in older order to keep up its health Nature has wisely pr provided for this in the baby by the frequent motion of the whole body so all that is necess necessary ry is to un undress dress a child and place it on its back Ina in ina ina a warm room So that it may move freely |