234 DETAILED SYNTHESIS. 



may usually be checked. If therefore a child complains of pain about 

 the knee, and neither swelling nor soreness is manifested there upon ex- 

 amination, disease of the hip may be suspected, and skillful advice taken. 

 A long period of repose must be allowed to the part, and particular at- 

 tention paid to general health. 



431. Remark. FELON is a disease of the membrane covering the 

 bone, that becomes very painful because its dense fibres compress the 

 blood-vessels and nerves there situated. To relieve the pain of felon, 

 therefore, it is necessary to cut these fibres, which will be accomplished 

 naturally by ulceration, but can better be done artificially by the sur- 

 geon's lancets. As soon as a felon is recognized, the part should be cut 

 through to the bone. 



432. Inf. IT WOULD BE CORRECTLY INFERRED that proper exercise 

 will circulate Blood through and around the skeleton, so as to increase 

 its size and strength, and promote its growth, while loo much labor or 

 exercise will prevent its development, since the materials to form it will 

 not be furnished, and the power needed to use them is exhausted by the 

 exercise. 



433. Inf. Since WHEN THE BONES ARE BROKEN exercise cannot be 

 taken, those parts of the Body which can be rubbed with propriety 

 should be thus treated, to assist in more actively circulating the Blood, 

 and producing a more speedy restoration. 



434. Inf. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE YOUNG SKELETON distinctly 

 suggest frequent changes of position ; children should neither sit, stand, 

 or lie too long in one posture. The child should not be carried in one 

 position long by the nurse, and should be turned frequently while it is 

 sleeping. 



435. Inf. A CHILD SHOULD NOT BE PLACED UPON ITS FEET tOO young 



in order to induce or to teach it to walk, but nature should be relied 

 upon to inspire the child to walk as soon as it is best. 



436. Remark. A CHILD CAN NEVER BE TAUGHT TO WALK ; it will 

 only walk when it has the requisite strength and development ; setting 

 the child upon its feet, leading it, and the use of all such means, only 

 tends to curve the limbs or trunk. The child that is backward will walk 

 as soon as it should, and the child that is forward will not be harmed. 

 Of the two, pains should be taken to prevent the child from walking. 

 Instinct in case of the child, as in the animal, is the only reliable guide 

 in respect to walking. 



437. Thus is THE SKELETON CONSTRUCTED, a living 

 marvel of workmanship, a thing of beauty not of dread. 



481. What is ? 432. What ? 483. What Inf. ? 434. Wliat said of T 

 485. When ? 436. Why ? 437. How ? How regard the skeleton ? 



