The Mother and Her Child

The Mother and Her Child, by

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Title: The Mother and Her Child
Author: William S. Sadler Lena K. Sadler
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THE MOTHER AND HER CHILD
BY
WILLIAM S. SADLER, M. D.
PROFESSOR OF THERAPEUTICS, THE POST-GRADUATE
MEDICAL SCHOOL OF CHICAGO; DIRECTOR OF THE
CHICAGO INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGIC THERAPEUTICS;
FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION;
MEMBER OF THE CHICAGO MEDICAL SOCIETY; THE
ILLINOIS STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY; THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, ETC.
AND
LENA K. SADLER, M. D.
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE CHICAGO INSTITUTE OF
PHYSIOLOGIC THERAPEUTICS; FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; MEMBER OF THE CHICAGO
MEDICAL SOCIETY; THE MEDICAL WOMEN'S CLUB OF
CHICAGO; NATIONAL CONGRESS OF MOTHERS AND
PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION; THE CHICAGO WOMAN'S
CLUB, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
[Illustration]

TORONTO McCLELLAND, GOODCHILD & STEWART
CHICAGO: A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1916

Copyright
A. C. McClurg & Co.
1916
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Published August, 1916
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Copyrighted in Great Britain
W. F. HALL PRINTING COMPANY, CHICAGO

TO
"BILLY"
WHO, BECAUSE OF HIS UNCONSCIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO
ITS PRACTICAL FEATURES, SHOULD BE REGARDED AS A
CO-AUTHOR, THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY
DEDICATED BY HIS PARENTS THE AUTHORS

PREFACE
For many years the call for a book on the mother and her child has
come to us from patients, from the public, and now from our
publishers--and this volume represents our efforts to supply this

demand.
The larger part of the work was originally written by Dr. Lena K.
Sadler, with certain chapters by Dr. William S. Sadler, but in the
revision and re-arrangement of the manuscript so much work was done
by each on the contributions of the other, that it was deemed best to
bring the book out under joint authorship.
The book is divided into three principal parts:
Part I, dealing with
the experience of pregnancy from the beginning of expectancy to the
convalescence of labor:
Part II, dealing with the infant from its
first day of life up to the weaning time;
Part III, taking up the
problems of the nursery from the weaning to the important period of
adolescence.
The advice given in this work is that which we have tried out by
experience--both as parents and physicians--and we pass it on to
mothers, fathers, and nurses with the belief that it will be of help in
their efforts at practical and scientific "child culture." We believe, also,
that the expectant mother will be aided and encouraged in bearing the
burdens which are common to motherhood by the advice and
instruction offered.
While we have drawn from our own professional and personal
experience in the preparation of this book, we have also drawn freely
from the present-day literature dealing with the subjects treated, and
desire to acknowledge our indebtedness to the various writers and

authorities.
We now jointly send forth the volume on its mission, as a contribution
toward lightening the task and inspiring the efforts of those mothers,
nurses, and others who honor us by a perusal of its pages.
WILLIAM S. SADLER.
LENA K. SADLER.
Chicago, 1916.

CONTENTS
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PART I
THE MOTHER

CHAPTER PAGE
I The Expectant Mother 1 II Story of the Unborn Child 7 III Birthmarks
and Prenatal Influence 14 IV The Hygiene of Pregnancy 21 V
Complications of Pregnancy 35 VI Toxemia and Its Symptoms 47 VII
Preparations for the Natal Day 53 VIII The Day of Labor 63 IX
Twilight Sleep and Painless Labor 71 X Sunrise Slumber and Nitrous
Oxid 84 XI The Convalescing Mother 93

PART II

THE BABY
XII Baby's Early Days 103 XIII The Nursery 114 XIV Why Babies Cry
123 XV The Nursing Mother and Her Babe 133 XVI