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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopath...Page 590 of 653times decline doing so.Such children have to be fed on the nurse's milk by means of alittle spoon ; otherwise, being too feeble to draw the milk frombreast, they would soon perish of exhaustion ; in order to supporthe deficient nutrition, it is likewise proper to bathe the littlonce a day in tepid cowVmilk. As soon as they have become somewhat more lively and vigorous, we introduce every day the little.finger into their mouths for the purpose of ascertaining whetherthey are able to nurse. If they are strong enough to draw the milthey may then be put to the breast ; by pursuing this course, thegenerally gain very rapidly.If anaemic children are born before their full term, they generalsleep a great deal, have a wrinkled skin which is covered with afine downy hair ; they look old, their little nails are soft, theon their heads is short, their heads are disproportionately largetheir fontanels are far apart, etc.Such children have to be roused from their sleep quite often, inorder to feed them a little nurse's milk by means of a spoon ; thshould be done at least once every two or three hours, if their venergy is to be preserved and sufficiently strengthened. The nutrtion is likewise sustained by tepid milk-baths and injections ofmilk or soup; the injections should only be given in small quantities, about half an ounce, in order to secure their retention inintestinal canal and subsequent absorption.For purposes of nutrition, the milk of healthy and robust nursesis much better than that of mothers whose milk has become wateryin consequence of copious hemorrhages or exhausting diseases, orwhich has become greatly deprived of its protein constituents.Congenital ansemia occasioned by diseases of the parents or ofCongenital Anaemia. 703the mother alone, is generally very obstinate, frequently continuduring the whole period of dentition and even beyond the periodof pubescence. Such children generally cut their teeth at a lateperiod and with difficulty, are frequently attacked with derangements of the digestive functions and of the nervous system, amongthe nervous disorders are subject to frequent attacks of eclampsithey begin to run about, and they acquire the use of speech at alate period, generally have a pale and bloated appearance, haveweak and thin extremities, a bloated belly; enlargements of thespleen, liver and mesenteric glands are frequent occurrences whicare moreover often accompanied by leucaemia; they show greatliability to softening of the bones and to scrofulosis, to nasal,chial and intestinal catarrhs, to croupous processes and basilarmeningitis. The most common results of congenital and protractedanaemia are tuberculosis, scrofulosis, rhachitis and atrophy.Children afflicted with congenital anaemia should have healthywet-nurses during the first months, they should be taken out intothe open air as often as the weather permits, the use of sugarshould be strictly prohibited, nor should they be fed on thick gror pap, lest the digestive functions should become disordered; thhttp://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt