The breasts usually cause little trouble when the weaning is performed in the gradual manner which has been recommended. The mother should during this time drink as little as possible, refrain from stimulating food, and take occasionally a little cream of tartar, citrate of magnesia, or a seidlitz powder. If the breasts continue to fill with milk, _they should not be drawn_. The 'drying up of the milk' may be facilitated by gently rubbing the breasts several times a day with camphorated oil, made by dissolving over the fire, in a saucer of sweet oil, as much camphor as it will take up. Tea made from the marshmallow has also been recommended for this purpose. TEETHING. The period at which the teeth first make their appearance is not a fixed one. It varies considerably even within the limits of perfect health. It may be said, as a rule, that the babe begins to cut its teeth at the age of six or seven months. Quite frequently, however, the first teeth appear as early as the fourth month, or are delayed until the eighth. In some instances children come into the world with their teeth already cut. This is said to have been the case with Louis XIV. and with Mirabeau. King Richard the Third is another example. Shakspeare makes the Duke of York refer to this circumstance in these words: 'Marry, they say my uncle grew so fast, That he could gnaw a crust at two hours old: 'Twas two full years ere I could get a tooth.' It does not follow that children whose teeth show themselves early, will have, therefore, a quicker general development. Such cases are merely instances of irregularity in the time of dentition, and carry with them no particular significance. Irregularities in regard to the order in which the teeth are cut are also of frequent occurrence. While, therefore, it cannot be maintained that all healthy children cut their teeth in a certain regular order and time, yet it is certain that those children who follow the general rule which prevails in this respect, suffer least from the difficulties and effects of dentition. As all mothers desire to know at what time they may expect the teeth, we will state the rule of their development in the great majority of cases. The lower teeth generally precede those of the upper jaw by two to three months. The twenty milk-teeth usually appear in the five following groups:-- _First_, Between the fourth and eighth months of life the two lower front middle teeth appear almost simultaneously; then a pause of from three to nine weeks ensues. _Second_, Between the eighth and tenth months of life the five upper front teeth appear, following shortly upon each other, the two central preceding the two on each side of them. Another pause of from six to twelve weeks succeeds.