Infancy (and childhood), hygiene of, 60 air, fresh, 72 baths, 78 care of eyes, 80 of mouth, 81 of nostrils, 81 of genital organs, 81 clothing, 68 cry, significance of, 82 diet, 74 mother's milk, danger of substitutes, 72 water, 75 weaning, 75 excretions, 67 exercise, 83 growth and development, 64, 65 length at birth, 64 increase, 65 muscular development, 64 special senses, 66 speech, 66 teeth, 66 weight at birth, 64 increase, 65 habits, 82 mortality, 61 nursing bottles, 75 nipples, 75 play, 84 pulse, 96 respiration, 99 sleep, 70 toys, 85 Infection, 1, 43 Inflammation, 220 Inhalation, 213 Insects, 38, 270 Insect bites and stings, 270 Inunction, 214 Isolation, duration of, 247 Ivy poisoning, 270 K Kitchens, 34 L Light, 33, 124 Linen, 251 Lysol, 251 M Malaise, 106 Mattress, 135 care of, 136 Measles, 246 Medicines and remedies, 200 action of drugs, 200 amateur dosing, 202 enemata, 210 inhalation, 213 inunction, 214 patent remedies, 205 sprays and gargles, 213 suppositories, 209 Medicines, administration of, 206 Menstruation, profuse, 275 Mental condition, 104-112 Microorganisms, 9 Milk, 51 pasteurization, 51 Mouth, care of, 160 wash, 182 Mustard paste, 233 leaves, 233 N Nausea, 265 Nipple, bottle, 77 care of, 77 Non-communicable diseases, 20 Nosebleed, 274 P Pain, 105 Parasites, 3, 4, 8 Patent remedies, 205 Patient, care of, with communicable disease, 236 with colds and slight infections, 238 with more serious infections, 242 changing sheet, 147 changing, 146 lifting, 146 mouth, 160 moving, 152 Personal hygiene, 19 Pillows, 137 covers, 138, 140 Poisonous drugs, 215 Posture, 286 Poultices, 227, 228 Prenatal care, 62 Prickly heat, 269 Protozoa, 8 Public agencies, 107 Public sanitation, 19 Pulse, 96 Purification of water, 50 Q Quarantine, termination of, 252 R Records, 107 Recreation, 55 Rectum, 93 Respiration, 99 Rest, 53 Rooms, 27 S Saprophytes, 2 Scalds, 277 Scarlet fever, 246 Sewage, 39 Sheets, 137, 138, 142 Shock, 261 Sick-room, model, 118 Sleep, 55, 70 Sleeplessness, 258 Small-pox, 246 Special senses in sickness, 101 Spores, 7 Sprains, 275 Sprays and gargles, 213 Stimulants, in emergency work, 263 Stupes, 229 Styes, 267 Sunstroke, 264 Suppositories, 209 Symptoms, 88 T Teeth, 45, 160 defective, 286 treatment, 46 Temperature, 92 method of taking, 92 normal, 95 Temperature of baths, 79, 155 of house, 30, 124 sponging for, 177 variations, 114, 206 Thermometer, clinical, care of, 92 Tonsils, enlarged, 284 Tuberculosis, 27-107