Nursing. _See_ Bottle feeding _and_ Breast feeding Oatmeal water, 110 Oil, use of, 30 Oil-producing glands, 30 Orange juice for babies, 91 Pacifiers, 83 Pasteurizing milk, 52 Personal hygiene, 1-15; value of good health, 1; correct posture, 3; care of skin, 6; baths, 8; food, 10; exercise, 15 Perspiration, avoiding undue, 21 Pillows, 35 Plants in houses, 19 Privy vaults, 23 Proprietary baby foods, 51 Protein, 11 Reading position, 6 Recipes, 110 Refrigerators, homemade, 55 Rice water, 110 Rickets, avoiding, 94 Sanitation, home, 16-28 Scales, use of, 44 Scalp, care of, 67 Screens, 25 Scurvy, prevention of, 67 Shirts, selection of, 73 Shoes, selection of, 4 Sitting position, 4 Skin, care of, 6 Sleep, 79 Speech of babies, 33 Spitting, 8 Standing position, 3 Starch as food, 11 Stockings, selection of, 76 Sugar, as food, 11; in modifying milk, 49 Sunshine, value of, 17 Suppositories, 96, 111 Talcum powder, use of, 98 Teeth, care of, 9, 88-92 Teething, 89 Temper, crying from, 85 Temperature, in pasteurizing milk, 52; for bath, 63; of sleeping room, 79; of bath for convulsions, 93 Thermometer, use of, 95 Thumb sucking, 83 Toothbrush, care of, 92 Vaccination, 100 Vegetables as food, 11 Ventilation, 19 Water, the body’s need of, 13; purity of, 22-24; use of, in modifying milk, 48; sterile, 62 Weaning the baby, 42 Weight of baby, 43 Whey, 111 TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added, when a predominant preference was found in the original book. All misspellings in the text and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.