Do not give him a grain or a drop of opening medicine, but in lieu thereof, administer, by means of a 6 oz. India-rubber Enema Bottle, half a tea-cup or a tea-cupful, according to the age of the child, [Footnote: For a babe, from birth until he be two years old, one, two, or three table-spoonfuls of warm water will be sufficient, and a 2 oz. Enema Bottle will be the proper size for the purpose of administering it.] of warm water; now this will effectually open the bowels, without confining them afterwards, which opening physic would most assuredly do! 145. _Is it necessary to give a child luncheon_? If he want anything to eat between breakfast and dinner let him have a piece of dry bread; and if he have eaten very heartily at dinner, and, like Oliver Twist, "asks for more!" give him, to satisfy his craving, a piece of _dry_ bread. He will never eat more of that than will do him good, and yet he will take sufficient to satisfy his hunger, which is very important. 146. _What ought now to be his dinner_? He should now have meat, either mutton or beef, daily, which must be cut up very small, and should be mixed with mealy, _mashed_ potato and gravy. He ought _always_ to be accustomed to eat salt with his dinner. Let a mother see that this advice is followed, or evil consequences will inevitably ensue. Let him be closely watched, to ascertain that he well masticates his food, and that he does not eat too quickly; for young children are apt to bolt their food. 147. _Have you any objection to pork for a change_? I have a great objection to it for the young. It is a rich, gross, and therefore unwholesome food for the delicate stomach of a child. I have known it, in several instances, produce violent pain, sickness, purging, and convulsions. If a child be fed much, upon such meat, it will be likely to produce "breakings-out" on the skin. In fine, his blood will put on the same character as the food he is fed with. Moreover, pork might be considered a _strong meat_, and "_strong_ meat and _strong_ drink can only be taken by _strong_ men." 148. _Do you approve of veal for a child_? My objection to pork was, that it was rich and gross; this does not apply to veal; but the objection to it is, that it is more difficult of digestion that either mutton or beef; indeed, all young meats are harder of digestion than meats of maturity; thus mutton is more digestible than lamb, and beef than veal. 149. _Do you disapprove of salted and boiled beef for a child_? If beef be _much_ salted it is hard of digestion, and therefore ought not to be given to him; but if it have been but _slightly_ salted, then for a change there will be no objection to a little. There is no necessity in the _winter_ time to _salt_ meat intended for boiling; then boiled _unsalted_ meat makes a nice change for a child's dinner. Salt, of course, _must_ with the unsalted meat be eaten. 150. _But suppose there is nothing on the table that a child may with impunity eat_?