Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-10 | Page 10 | Fever Usually Gives Mother Warning Her Youngsters Are Sick

FEVER USUALLY GIVES MOTHER WARNING HER YOUNGSTERS ARE SICK Lack of of Appetite Fretfulness Fretful Fretful- ness Sure Signs Children Verge on Illness By MYRTLE I MEYER ELDRED Are you asking yourself I Should my baby be weaned Mrs 1 Eldred offers leaflet Characteristic Char Symptoms of TIme which is available for tor a addressed self cent 3 stamped envelope en en- vel p sent with your request t to this department Mothers are Inclined to f feel el that tragic events may happen unless they are adequately prepared to meet every emergency To this end they read books detailing the symptoms of various childrens children's diseases and hope to be able to remember them wh when n the emergency presents itself One mother who whose e baby obviously h has never been ill wanted me to tell her how she could detect signs or of illness In general almost any Illness Ill Ill- ness a child may suffer is accompanied accompanied by fever In order to measure I fever accurately one should possess a rectal th and learn how to use it and read it This does not moan mean that one should take bobys baby's temperature dally daily and treat b baby's every the normal as a symptom of illness It is time enough to take a baby's temperature when he develops symptoms ot of illness Sick children do not ad act like wen well children They are re fretful disinclined to cat may vomit food tood if it is given to them want to sleep or be beheld beheld held wont won't play look dull eyed and languId These Thes actions should arouse the mothers mother's suspicions Temporarily Tempo Tempo- she may do nothing but offer the child more water and no food tood or less food tood She may put him to tobed tobed bed and watch him for signs of increasing in in- crt creasing illness or improvement If he does not improve In sever several l hours then she should shift the responsibility re- re to her doctor who can determIne how ill the child may be and the nature of the ailment To fill ones one's mind wIth symptoms ot of Illness is to see those these symptoms in baby's most commonplace behavior yet one may be Ignorant ot of all all' symptoms toms and never know one disease from another and still be prepared when the emergency arises to recognize nize that baby b is ill md and needs medical medi medi- cal attention