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Show WHEN CHILDREN'S LEGS ARE WEAK It takes time for a child to learn how to use tho muscles in wal'.'.lnff. as It takes tlaio for tho muscles to become strong for tho task. But when a child does not walk well after uslnj lis legs ten months or a year, then ono should Dnl out the reason wby. It Is a good p'an to bathe tho legs of tho child with salt and water, and to rub and knead the muscles night aDd morning. Mothers should he careful how they diaper a young child that i beginning to walk, and also before that; the napkins should not bo heavy, especially whore they go around tho thighs, as this spreads tho knees apart. It 13 hard to reale how very soft are tho bones and tlesh of,jJie Infant In-fant and little child. I once saw Dr. I-orenz operate upon a child four years old who had congenital hip-Joint disease. dis-ease. He molded and sbipcd the parts as readily as a housewife wtuld mold and shape her dough Into a loaf bread. |