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Show l WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS. I X tittt rrtttttrrrtTTTTTTTTT Tho proper enre of children, especially In winter, when tho frequent i hansel In tho weathir make them capeilnll liable to Illness la u subject of the utmost Important Im-portant e. All children, nnd cepclallj those who nre lory oting, bear cold lery bidly. S-uuden changes of temperature aro to b molded and especial care should be takrn nffiilnst tho chll.l remaining In u low tempcruturc, for the renaoit that tlio body soon lose Its heut and na u result the iltnllty Is lowered and the si stem llnblo to disease Short eontnot with cold nlr or water Is Injuilous to Infanta while prolonged exposure Is of necessity eien more so, especlall when the nil In damp ns well ns cold. Children under C ears of age cannot Unnd a long walk In cold wenlh-er, wenlh-er, they Mon tire nnd then feel tho cold exceedingly While In the nlr children pusplng from n shelteied to an exposed po Itlon us in turning the torner of n. street mny become chilled On their c irlng Into the house hot nnd excited from their play and removing- their coats In a room that la only partialis wntm the) cntih more cold than the exposure of going out could lawslblj haie caused A baby In arms often catchea told In a similar manner being closely niullled up on stnrtitif; out It comes Inck hot nnd perspiring nnd la then laid down nslcep with Ita clothes remoied, on u cold cot In nn Insufficiently warnwd foum , . l.verj ehlld should be bathed nt n reg-ulat reg-ulat time each dn nnd one balh in the twenty-four hours la ampl) (Utll-dent (Utll-dent To Infants this Is best given in the morning half-way between the first tvvo feedings nnd In ti room which im a tempetature nf lij degrees or ? ne grees The teinpeinture of the room w n good guide foi the temperature of the bath especially In Infants .... Just btfote tht child Is j Heed In the balh It is bent to thoroughl) wet Its h'aii to preient Its (atthlng told The bath should not last longer thun nve mlnules after which th bod) should i thoroughl) dried and the child then ti-irod ti-irod with a blanket and allowed to go to sleep ' er) cold Inths should never be given to children A hot bath shoul 1 never be given without the tureful use nf an ac male bath theimometcr bath of a teinpeinture of 10) degrees win tatiac itrsplrntlon nnd will often In restless rest-less thlldren be followed b a quiet sleep but It should be med with Kieut caution The I lunging Into sudden heat tends to tlnse the blond vessels on the sulfate uf the body for the moment, Just as i old will do but later they ex-land ex-land the body heat li given olf and If on lemnlns In the bath exhaustion will tnpldl) follow i:ver child no matter what Its age requites muscular exercise in some form In order tin keep up Its health Nature has wlsel) provided for this In the baby by the frequent motion of the whole bod so nil that Is necessar) Is to undress un-dress n child and Plate It on Ita back In u warm loom, so that It ma move freely |