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Show I Uncle Sam, M. D. BA0Y S SLEEP Q. 1 have a baby elsht months old. She doesn't sleep well at nights. rrli ) aloud In her sleep every or 20 minutes She bus been very restless ever since she Had a bad old about four week" ago. J Doesn't sleep but u few minutes each da) j anu appears very well, but at night cries ! a. though Homethlng hurt her. I A. There are two i hlef . aus.es of dls-turbsd dls-turbsd Sleep In young Infants Indlges- Higi arid hunger I should advl tO look r . f ii tr mio th uiulff'i Ol lor t reedlnr, and t., watch her height. iis-, iis-, turned sleep mu- also be due to bad hHb-ItS, hHb-ItS, BUCh ns rocking during slc.-p or nlgl.i i suing, ii i- soinetlmes caused bv e-tretne e-tretne nervousness, or bv obstructed breathing; There may be some respiratory respira-tory trouble following Ihe cold" she hud a few weks ago. It mav I ., d o I., a lack of fresh air in rhe Sleeping room or to too much or too little bad clothing INDIGESTION 1 h.iv. a little bov thut VaS v.n months old the nth of December, 'ind he has always been bothered with In-dlaestlon, In-dlaestlon, and ns he gets older he seems lo I,,, getting Worsft. We Lave bad the doctor ;,, nlve him medlclnr and does not do any go-. 1 let him nurse onlv everj three hours during the day, and "iilv six minutes al a lime lit- cries moal Of the time day and night A. You do not mention whether or not rliiw infant Is btx-ast-fed or botth -fed but since vnu xtflte lhat he Is allowed to nurse ,.nl sl minutes at a time I I am Incline. 1 to think that he Is a breastfed breast-fed babv. whhh Is eminently desirable: A baby who is constant! fretful. -rv -lug most of the time usually l undernourished. under-nourished. In fact unless yonr milk , flows exceptionally fretij the baby dees, not nurse long enough to obtain a requl-l site amount of nourishment M atlsf his hunger. Then again v.-iur milk mav nol be of desirable ,uallt. a point which an be determine. I only by vour famll) pbv slclnn. ASTHMA. Q. I have a boy 10 years old. who till ihe age of five years was In peffeel health, lie went to lied as well a per 1 and at midnight got up with a roup ' ough. The do.ior aid li was asthma.' lie is sick three days out of alX. lb-nnd lb-nnd whooping cough, but not before the asthma. Please advise rile. Is il pOSSlbll In a certain climate the asthma will leave him? A. Invesilgation within the last few years has clearly demonstrated the role of certain food substances which bring on an attack of asthma when partOkr n of. in oilier aaes, asthma is associated with bronchial inflammation and children who readily contract bronchitis and cold and who suffer from asthma more fre-quently fre-quently In ibeT winter and spring mr benefitted hy change of climate; usuallv , a high, dry nnd moderately warm locall ty. i Aalhmatie attacks In susceptible individuals indi-viduals are also brought on bv Inhaling the pollen of cerraln plants and bv the odors of certain animals such as jvori and cats |