Baby, care of, 186 feeding, artificial, 65 nursing, 186 sleep, 188 Baby basket, supplies for, 186 Baked custard, how to make, 156 Baked-flour porridge, how to make, 159 Ballottement, 177 Bandages, 209, 210 Barley and corn muffins, 163 gruel, 69 jelly, 72 soup, 162 water, 150 Bathing the baby, 186 Baths, 128 in pregnancy, 182 Bed-sores, treatment of, 94 Beef extract, how to make, 153 juice, how to make, 153 peptonized, 148 Beef-tea, how to make, 153 Belladonna, action and uses of, 26 poisoning, antidotes for, 46 Bichlorid of mercury, 34 1 : 1000 solution of, 50 Bird, how to bone, 157 Bismuth, action and uses of, 26 Bleeding from gums, treatment of, 96 Blister, cantharides, 57 Blood-corpuscles, 203 Blue mass, 34 ointment, 35 Boils, treatment of, 202 Bones of body, classification of, 203, 204 Boning a bird, 157 Bonnyclabber, 152 Borated glycerin, formula for, 53 vaselin, formula for, 53 Boric acid solution, 50 Bottles, sterilizing, 67 Bowels after labor, 184 care of, in pregnancy, 181 Bran biscuit, recipe for, 162 bread, recipe for, 162 Brandy, action and uses of, 24 Bread, nut, 164 Breasts, care of, after labor, 185 in pregnancy, 182 enlargement of, 176 Bright’s disease, 198 Bromids, action and uses of, 26 Broth, clam, how to make, 155 oyster, how to make, 154 Buckwheat gems, 164 Burns, carron oil for, 53 of the eye, 124 picric acid solution for, 51 salol vaselin for, 54 treatment of, 124 Buttermilk, 71 from lactone tablets, 72