DIET AND MODE OF LIFE.—The Tinn ing woman should have a generous mixed diet, not excessive in nitrogenous food nor in vegetables. She should drink from a quart to a quart and a half of milk or milk-gruels daily. Meat, eggs; such cereals as oatmeal, rice, hominy, etc., bread, potatoes, all the common vegetables, and fresh fruits are allowed. Very highly seasoned foods, salads, cab bage, tomatoes, stale or unripe fruits, 4'„ dr.11.s. stroll: tea, and coffee art f( rii:(1(ltii Whatever disturbs di n al..: to produce a bad effect • the mil:, :111(1 should therefore be 1 e mode of life should be simple, re...tular txereise,—by driving, early; 1.v N‘alking, later, as soon as return Inz strtugth will permit. There should 1-, anxieties nor great excitement.
111II:Asrs AND NIPPLES. — At least a f..rtni;11t btfore confinement the nipples ,1:t.tild be txamined, and, if fiat or de r(..-,«1. they should be drawn out and t!:e woman instructed to do this herself st tral timts a day. If the nipples are Lard. borated vaselin or lanolin should be rubbed ou them four or five times da:ly: if soft and macerated, they should 1..e painted three times a day with equal Farts of 50-per-cent. alcohol and glye erin. 1 During. the whole of lactation the nipple should be cleansed with 2-per ,..nt.-borie-aeid solution before and after nursing, and the breasts supported in a well-fitting corset. Slight excoriations are well treated by dustincr them freely after each nursing with bisinuth sub nitrate: for fissures probably the best treatment is to paint with an S-per-cent. nitrate-of-silver solution once or twice a day. and either to use a nipple-shield or stop nursing for a tirne from the ageeted breast. It may be necessary to use nipple-shields because of the small s:ze of the nipples, as well as because fis=ures.
Nursing Rules for Healthy Infants.
RP,gular hours are very important, and should be adhered to from the be ginning. This practice will do much to establish re.2-ular habits of sleep and regular movements of the bowels. If the child is asleep at the nursing-time it should be awakened. From the out- I set, moreover, the infant should take boiled water from a bottle at least once a day, not only for the water, but alsc to learn to use the rubber nipple.
It is generally not necessary to put the child to the breast until three or four hours after the birth; and even then it should be allowed to nurse only about five minutes. Aside from the fact that the breasts contain little milk until the third day, the nipples should be gradually accustomed to their function. After the second day the child may nurse from ten to twenty minutes.
The number of nursings a healthy in fant should have in twenty-four hours, together with the intervals and the num ber of night-nursings, is given in the subjoined table.
During the first few days of life, if the infant seems unsatisfied, the musings may be supplemented by giving from 1 to 1 7, ounces of warm, sterile, 5-per cent.-milk-sugar solution; this is made by dissolving an even tablespoonful of milk-sugar in 71/2 ounces of boiling water, and may be given from the bottle. It will frequently prevent the marked loss of weight and "inanition-fever" which often occur when the breast-milk is scanty.
Signs of Successful Nursing.
The following are the important feat ures to be considered:—