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

TORONTO

McCLELLAND, GOODCHILD & STEWART

CHICAGO: A. C. McCLURG & CO.

1916

Copyright

A. C. McClurg & Co.

1916

Published August, 1916

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

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.