Rupture through meddlesomeness, 27 Rupture, nature and best treatment, 28, 29 Rusks, boiled, as food, 38 Sallowness, cause of, in young girls, 290 Salt water and fresh water, 279 Salt should be added to an infant’s food, 42 Salt, bag of hot, use of a, 254 Salt necessary to human life, 245 Salt meats for children, 125 Salt and water ablutions for a delicate child, 110 Salt and water for teeth and gums, 313 Scalds and burns, which most dangerous, 261 Scalds of mouth and throat, 261 Scarlatina, the nature of, 190 Scarlet fever, the symptoms of, 196 Scarlet fever, the contagion of, 205 Scarlet fever, the danger of giving aperients in, 196 Scarlet fever, the dropsy of, 197, 205 Scarlet fever, management of child after, 205 Scarlet fever and measles, the importance of distinguishing between, 197 Scarlet fever, the principal danger in, 197 Scarlet fever, the purification of the house after, 206 Scarlet fever, the treatment of, 198 Schools, observations upon female boarding, 301 Schools, observations upon public, 300 Screaming in sleep, children, 216 Scrofula, how to ward off, 316 Scrofula, the prevention of, 316 Scurfy head, a remedy for, 109 Sea-bathing and fresh-water bathing, 279 Sea-bathing for a young child, 228 Secrets, talking, before a child, 163 Selection of females for nourishing children, 46 Senna as an aperient, 221 Shivering fit, importance of attending to a, 215 Shivering fit, treatment of a, 216 Shoes, plan to water-proof, 283 Shoes preferable to boots, 115 Shoes and stockings for children and youths, 114, 283 Shoes, the ill effects of tight, 114 “Shortening” an infant, 33 Shoulder-blades “growing out”, 238 Sick child, the nursing of a, 229 Sick child not to be stuffed with food, 232 Sick-room, management of the, 229 Sickness of infants, injurious effects of, 99 Singed rag for wrapping, 26 Singing and reading aloud, 298 Singing beneficial to a child, 164 Single-stick, the game of, 294 Sitting with the back to fire, 135 Sitz bath both useful and valuable, 225 Skating for boys and girls, 297 Skin, grazed, application for, 269 Sleeping-rooms, importance of well ventilating, 309 Sleep, the, of children, 164 Sleep, the, of infants, 71 Sleep in middle of day beneficial, 164 Sleep, much, necessary for infants, 74 Sleep, temperature of infants’ bed-room during, 71 Sleep, right time of putting a child to, 165 Sleep, rocking infants to, 72 Sleep of youth, and early rising, 311 Slight attack not to be interfered with, 91 Slippers, the best for sick-room, 233 Small-pox, the ravages of, 53 Small-pox, a pest and disgrace, 54 Small-pox, when modified, 207 Small-pox, when in the neighborhood, 55 Small-pox, to prevent pitting of, 240 Smothering of infants, the cause of, 75 Socks and stockings for a child, 115 Soda, ill effects of washing clothes with, 24 Sounds, joyful, for every ear, 144