CHAPTER XXI.

GUARDING AGAINST SECRET VICE.

The mother’s preparation as guide and protector of her children.—Safeguards for tiny babyhood.—Cleanliness, regularity, chafing, pin worms, servants, nurse girls, etc., etc.—How to teach and guard them during childhood.—Safeguarding the children with knowledge.—Inborn curiosity concerning physical mysteries.—How to meet these questions.—Sleeping alone.—How to correct vice where it exists. The duty of physicians to the public.—Symptoms which call for parental watchfulness.—Results of secret vice.—Rewards of parental vigilance, 237-244