Carpets in nurseries, the effects of using, 150 Carriage exercise, the advantages of, 293 Carron oil in burns, value of, 263 Castor oil, its effects as a healer, 87 Cat, bites and scratches of a, 268 Chafings, the best treatment of, 80 Chairs, the use of straight-backed, 304 Change of air, the effect of, 227 Change of linen in sickness, 230 Chapped hands and limbs of a child, 242 Chapped lips, excellent application for, 243 Chest, keeping warm the upper part of the, 283 “Chicken-breasted” and narrow-breasted children, 207 Chicken-pox, nature and symptoms of, 223 Chilblains, the way to prevent and cure the, 241 Child, when he should commence to dine with his parents, 133 “Child-crowing,” the perilous disorder of, 179 “Child-crowing,” the treatment of a paroxysm of, 181 Children’s hour, the right method at, 142 Children’s parties, the great follies of, 159 Chimneys, on the stopping of, 150, 229 Chiropodists, the great want of respectable, 338 Chlorosis, causes, symptoms and cure of, 340, 341 Chlorosis is rare in rural districts, 343 “Choking,” what is to be done in a case of, 265 Cisterns, the best kind of, 127 Clothes, on airing an infant’s, 32 Clothes, the ill effects of tight, 111 Clothing, the proper, for children, 111 Clothing, the best kind, for infants, 30 Clothing, the proper kind, during winter, 32 Clothing, the proper kind, for youths, 282 Coffee as an aperient, the use of, 245, 286 Coffee and tea, 286 Coin, on the swallowing of a, 272 Cold bed-room healthy, 167 Cold, a feverish, the best course in case of, 255 Cold, on child always catching, 228 Cold feet, method to warm, 142 Concluding remarks on infancy, 106 Constipation, prevention and cure of, 331 Consumption attacks the _upper_ part of the lungs, 283 Consumption, the age at which it usually appears, 321 Consumption, the causes of, 323 Consumption, the death-rate, 321 Consumption, importance of early consulting a medical man in, 320 Consumption, spitting of blood in, 320 Consumption, the symptoms attending, 321 Consumptive patient, the treatment of a, 324 Convulsions of children, 61, 81 Convulsions from hooping-cough, 82 Cooked fruit for child, the wholesomeness of, 120 Coroners’ inquests on infants, 75 Corporal punishment at schools, 298 Corns, their nature, cause and best remedy, 337, 338 Costiveness in the young, the means to prevent, 86 Costiveness, the best remedies for, 82 Costiveness, the reason why so prevalent, 334 Cough, the danger of stopping a, 68 Cow, the importance of having the milk from ONE, 41, 45 Cream and egg, the advantages of, 121 Cream and water for a babe, 121 Crinoline and the danger to ladies, 135 Croquet for girls, the amusement of, 296 Crossness in a sick child, proper treatment of, 232 Croup, the times for and dangers of, 175 Croup, the treatment of, 176 Cry of an infant, the language in the, 103