Drinking Water For a Baby Some want water; others don’t. It is often recommended that a baby be offered a few ounces of water between meals, once or twice a day. It is not absolutely necessary, because the amount of fluid in the formula is probably calculated to satisfy the... 

Vitamin-B complex This is made up of various water-soluble vitamins, the absence of which produces a number of specific deficiency diseases including beri-beri, aribo-flavinosis and pellagra. Multiple deficiencies may occur, producing a complex clinical result. The foods which contain... 

Vitamin A Vitamin A appears to be necessary for normal growth and has a specific action on epithelial tissue, the normal coverings of the body, and the mucous membrane lining the important cavities and ducts of the glands. Its precursor is a yellow pigment known as carotene, which,... 

Birth Injuries Caput succedaneum This is an oedematous swelling which forms normally in the soft tissues over the presenting part of an infant’s head, and it is of no clinical significance. Occasionally, it hides a cephalhaematoma. It disappears without treatment in the course... 

Development and intelligence testing Gesell’s developmental tests are used to measure gross motor activity, manipulation, adaptive behaviour, language and play, and social reactions in the infant and young child” The Griffith’s test also employs a series of developmental... 

Development after the newborn period The sequential appearance, maximization and disappearance of primitive reflex patterns during the first months of life have already been mentioned. In Table 4 a summary is given of the subsequent developmental progress during the first year of...