Nettle-rash, its symptoms and the best treatment, 97 Night-terrors, best treatment of, 141 Nose, removal of foreign substances from, 271 Nose, bleeding from, means to restrain, 328 Nurse, on the choice of a, 139 Nurse, the acts of a lazy, 142 Nurse, the value of a strong and active, 140 Nurse, a young, not desirable, 140 Nurse, the kind of, for the sick, 232 Nursery-basin, the employment of a, 20 Nursery a child’s own domain, 139, 157 Nursery, selection, warming, ventilation, arrangements of, 133 Nursery of a sick child, 229 Nursery, on the light of a, 138 Nursery, a, must be airy, 133 Nursery, further observations in regard to a, 134 Nursery, windows to be often opened in a, 138 Opium, a case of poisoning by, 68 Opium, the danger of administering, to infants, 88 Opium, the treatment of poisoning by, 269 Over-education among children, 161 Over-feeding with artificial food, 87 Paint-boxes dangerous as toys, 158 Peevishness of a child, the plan to allay, 144 Perambulators, the use of, 152 Pies and puddings, the nature of, 119 Pimples of the face, treatment of, 335 Pin, on a child’s swallowing a, 272 Play, a course of education in, 162 Play and useful knowledge, 160 Play-grounds for children, 160 Pleasant words to a child, importance of, 146 Poisoning, accidental, 269 Poisoning a child with his breath, 165 Poppy-syrup, injurious effects of, 88 Pork an improper meat for children, 125 Position of a sleeping child, 166 Potatoes for children, the use of, 126 Poultice, a celebrated white-bread, 255 Powder, “dusting,” the best, 23 Precocity of intellect, 315 Precocious youths, the health of, 316 Princess of Wales and her child, 24 Professions and trades, choice of, 305 Proper management of infants, 106 Proper persons to wash an infant, 24 Proper position of child in sleep, 239 Prunes, the best way of stewing, 222 Profession or trade, choice of, for delicate youth, 305 Profession or trade, delicate youths should be brought up to, 306 Puddings for children, the use of, 119 Quack Medicines, the danger in, 88 Quacking an infant, the habit of, 86 Quicklime in the eye, 264 Red-gum, the symptoms and treatment of, 98 Regularity of habits among the young, 332, 334 Respiration, products of, poisonous, 309 Rest, the best time for a child to retire to, 165 Revaccination, importance of, 54 Revaccination every seven years, 54 Rheumatic fever, flannel vest and drawers in, 283 Ribs, bulging out of the, 319 Rice, prepared as an infant’s food, 39 Richardson, Dr., the ether spray of, 328 Rickets, the nature and effects of, 245 Rickets, the various degrees of, 246 Rocking-chairs, and rockers to the cradle, 72 Rocking infants to sleep, 72 Rooms, ill effects of dark, 138 Round shoulders, cause and treatment of, 238, 318 Round-worm, nature and cure of, 243 Running scall, description of and remedy for, 249