The Management of the Infant in difficult Teething — 139

II.  Hints on the permanent or adult Teeth — 148

The Manner in which they appear — 248

Their Value and Importance — 152

Their Management and Preservation — 154

Chap.  IV.

HINTS FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OP DISEASE IN THE CHILD BY THE MOTHER.

I. Signs of Health — 163

II.  Signs of Disease — 164

Of the Countenance — 165

Of the Gestures — 169

Of the Sleep — 171

Of the Stools — 172

Of the Breathing and Cough — 175

III.  Other Circumstances which will assist in the early Detection of Disease — 178

The Influence of the Seasons in producing particular Forms of Disorder - 178

The Influence of an hereditary Predisposition to certain Diseases — 179

Chap.  V.

ON WHAT CONSTITUTES THE MATERNAL MANAGEMENT OF THE DISEASES OF CHILDREN.

I. Accidents and Diseases which may occur to the Infant at Birth, or soon after — 187

1.  Still-born — 187

2.  Injuries received during Birth — 193

3.  Retention of Urine — 194

4.  Swelling of the Breasts — 195

5.  Inflammation of the Eyes — 196

6.  Hare-lip — 199

7.  Bleeding from the Navel-string — 201

8.  Ulceration or imperfect Healing of the Navel — 20l

9.  Bleeding from the Navel — 203

10.  Jaundice — 204

11.  Tongue-tied — 205

12.  Moles and Marks on the Skin, etc. — 206

II.  Disorders of the Stomach and Bowels; viz., Indigestion — Flatulence — Vomiting — Griping and Looseness — 208

1.  In the Infant at the Breast — 21O

2.  At the period of Weaning — 217

3.  In the child brought up by Hand — 221

Maternal Treatment — 222

III.  Costiveness — 229

In Infancy — 229

In Childhood — 231

IV.  Worms — 234

Not so frequent as popularly supposed; an error productive of mischief - 234

How produced and how best prevented — 237

V. Scarlet Fever — 239

Mild Form — 239

With Sore Throat — 242

Scarlet Fever compared with Measles — 245

Maternal Management — 246

VI.  Measles — 253

Description — 253

Compared with Scarlet Fever and Small Pox — 255