The Nervous Child by Hector Charles Cameron

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Adenoid vegetations, night-terrors aggravated by
removal of, in treatment of enuresis

Adolescence, and education on sexual matters

Adults, child in relation to the society of

AEsthetic sense, in early childhood

Affection, in the child

Air hunger, in cyclic vomiting

Air swallowing, habitual action of

Albuminuria, associated with faulty posture
cause of, in neuropaths

Allimentary disturbances, symptom of

Alkali, in treatment of cyclic vomiting

Anaemia, of neuropaths

Anorexia nervosa
A case illustrating

Apnoea, fatal cases of
following burst of crying
twitching of facial muscles in

Appetite, emotional states affecting
loss of,
case illustrating
causes and characteristics
treatment
means of stimulating
nature of the sensation of

Apprehension, causes of
growth of neuroses in atmosphere of

Artificial feeding

Aspirin

Asthma, treatment of

Attention, child's love of attracting
examples of

Authority, delight in defying
over-exercise of, by parents, results of

Babies. _See_ Newborn Baby

Backward development
signs of

"Bad form"

Bad habits

Bath, baby's first experience of

Bed, dislike of
how overcome
efforts to resist preparation for

Bedroom, airing and temperature of

Bedtime
management at

Bed wetting. _See_ Enuresis

Behaviour. _See_ Conduct

Bladder, hydrostatic distension of, for enuresis

Boarding-schools, object of

Bodily ailments, and instability of nervous control, connection between
_See also_ Disorders

Body,
and mind, development of
development of
environment influencing
effect of mind on
gradual alterations in the shape of
infantile characteristics in later childhood

Bone, and muscle, changes in, in infantile children

Books,
child's attitude towards
educative value of
kinds most suitable

Brachial nerve, pressure causing tetany

Breast-feeding,
best time for
causes of failure in
observations on
_See also_ Lactation

Breath-holding
action during
fatal cases of
phenomena of

Bromides, administration of
to newborn baby

Cajoling, futility of

Calcium bromide, in treatment of spasms

Calcium metabolism, disturbance of

Care, ill effects of excess of

Carpo-pedal spasm

Catarrhal infections
connection of rheumatism with, 155

Cerebral anaemia

Cerebral circulation, stagnation of

Cerebral exhaustion. _See_ Mental Exhaustion

Cerebral functions,
rapid growth of
unstable in the child
_See also_ Mental

Character,
formation of
during school life
home influence in the development of
ideals of, how inculcated

Children's parties, disadvantages of

Chloral, administration of
to newborn baby
in treatment of spasms

Chorea,
and rheumatism, association between
symptom of cerebral irritability
treatment of

Chvostek's sign, characteristics and nature of

Circulation, cerebral,
stagnation of
nervous control of

Claustrophobia

Clothing,
kind suitable
new, child's delight in

Coaxing,
futility of

Cold douches, improving vasomotor tone

Coldness of extremities

Conduct,
control of, factors in
errors of, and sexual instincts
control of
correction of
due to faults of management
in neuropathic children
excessive introspection influencing
ideals of, how inculcated
influence of environment on
influenced by suggestion
mother's influence on
of neuropaths
perverse
suggestion in the control of

Constipation,
mental causes of
negativism in
perversion of suggestion a common cause of
suggestion in relation to

Constitution, delicacy of

Convulsions, fatal cases of
generalised

Convulsive disorders

Cough, nervous

Counter-opposition, child's opposition growing with

Crying, constant
formation of habit of
in emotional and excitable children
management of
mechanism of
phenomena of
purposeful

Cyclic or periodic vomiting. _See_ Vomiting

Day-dreams, indicating nervous temperament

Deceit

Defaecation, inhibition of
painful

Delicacy of constitution

Delirium, tendency to

Depolarisation of ideas

Depression, recurrence of periods of

Dexterity, lack of
manual, advantages of
toys developing

Diaphragm, spasm of

Diarrhoea, mucous

Diet, likes and dislikes for articles of
opposition to
of newborn child, changes in
_See also_ Food

Digestion, emotional states affecting

Digestive disorders, mental causes of

Digestive neuroses

Digestive system, symptoms of extreme sensibility of

Dirt eating

Discipline
in later childhood
in the school
misdirected efforts at enforcing
severe, effects of

Dishonesty

Disobedience,
growth of
habit of
personality and
perverse attitude of
reproof and coaxing causing

Disorders, aetiology of
associated with neurosis
common
environment as cause and cure of
of neuropaths
treatment of
trifling

Diuresis, excessive

Doll, child's care of, an example of imitativeness
educative value of

Douches, cold, improving vasomotor tone

Dover's powder

Dreams,
nature of, indicating nature of mental unrest

Drugs, in sleeplessness

Ductless glands, in relation to infantile characteristics

Dullards

Dyspepsia, complications of
course and effects of
mental aspects of
nervous symptoms of
symptoms in newborn infant
treatment

Early childhood, care during
impulse of opposition in
love of power in

Early childhood, nervousness in
reasoning power in
three common neuroses of
toys, books, and amusements in
_See also_ Newborn Baby

Education, aim of
by games and toys
on sexual matters

Educative value, of books, games, and toys

Emotional states, appetite affected by
causing spasm
management of
of neurotics, exaggeration of
physical disturbances due to
producing laryngismus stridulus

Emotional storms

Endocrine glands

Enuresis,
causal factors in
characteristics and peculiarities of
condition of urine during
mental aspects of
mistakes in treatment of
perversion of suggestion as cause of
removal of tonsils in
treatment, essentials in
hypnotic suggestion in
methods of

Environment, body moulded and shaped by
change of, beneficial effects of
effect in developing child's powers
effect on common disorders
errors of, and neuropathic children
essentials of
faulty contact with, in neuropathic children
for neuropaths
influence on conduct in later childhood
influence on mental processes
influence on personality
irritating nature of the adult mind in
of the home, reflected in the child
of school life
stimulus of
susceptibility to influences of

Epilepsy, cyclical character of

Evil, inborn disposition to

Excitable children, management of

Exercise, sleep in relation to

Exhaustion. _See_ Mental Exhaustion

Expostulation, frequent, bad effects of
_See also_ Reproof

Expressions, to attract attention

Facial muscles, twitching of
associated with apnoea

Faeces, incontinence of

Fainting fits,
cause and characteristics
control of
of neuropaths

Fatigue, mental, physical, and visceral

Fats, lowered tolerance to

Faults, correction of
not corrected by too frequent reproof

Fear,
causes of
phenomena of
prominent psychical symptom of neuropathic children
treatment of

Feeding,
artificial
factors in
of newborn infant, regularity in

Fertilisation, method of imparting knowledge of

Food, force of suggestion in relation to
healthy desire for
likes and dislikes for
how overcome
phenomena of the desire of
refusal of
nervous causes of
persistent, factors encouraging
suggestion in relation to
treatment of

Force and cajoling, futility of

Freud, teaching of

Functional disturbances, in combination with organic disease

Gait, peculiarity of

Games, educative value of

Gastric disturbances

Gastric juice, psychic secretion of

Gastric symptoms, of neurosis

Gastro-intestinal derangement, causes of
environment as cause and cure of

Gentleness,
inculcation of

Girls' schools

Glottis, spasm of, strong emotion causing

"Good form"

Grasping habit, reproof in relation to

Growing pains

Habit spasms, age of appearance of
cause of
definition of
examples of
spread of
suggestion in relation to
treatment of

Habits, regulation of
suggestion in relation to

Habitual actions, infant's pleasure in
mental unrest in relation to
of the parent, reproduction in the child
varieties and characteristics

Habitual wakefulness

Hands, control of movement of
expressionless

Happiness and contentment, of child when playing alone

Headache, periodic. _See_ Migraine

Heat and cold, newborn baby in relation to

Heat and flushing, sudden sensations of

Heredity, and temperament
and type of child
nervous disorders in relation to

Home influence, in development of character
reflected in the child

Hunger, of the newborn baby

Hypnotic suggestion, in treatment of enuresis

Hypnotics

Hysteria,
age of appearance of
suggestion in relation to
symptoms of

Hysterical girls, characteristics of

Ideals, inculcation of

Ideas, polarisation and depolarisation of

Illness. _See_ Sickness

Imagination, abnormal, correction of
child's stories and tales in relation to
developed by toys

Imitativeness, age at which apparent
extent of
illustration of
lack of
of action
of speech
tell-tale child an illustration of

Incontinence of urine

Incorrigible children

Infantile characteristics,
ductless glands in relation to
nervous system in relation to

Infective disorders,
convalescence from
producing nervous symptoms
relation of neurosis to

Inflammatory reactions

Insomnia. _See_ Sleeplessness

Intellect, compared with physique

Intelligence, in early childhood

Intestinal disturbance
of neurosis
symptom of

Intoxications, violent reaction to

Introspection, and neuropathic children
excessive, evidences of
influencing conduct

Irritation, child to be free from

Joint pains

Kindergarten school, artificial symbolism of

Kindness, inculcation of

Lactation,
care of child during
care of mother during
causes of failure in
establishment of
tongue-tie in relation to

Laryngismus stridulus. _See_ Breath-holding

Later childhood,
infantile characteristics in
management in
mental backwardness in

Likes and dislikes

Lordosis
and neurosis
producing albuminuria

Manual dexterity, advantages of

Massage, improving tone of muscles

Medicines, sensitiveness to

Melancholy children

Mental aspects, of digestive disorders
of enuresis
of management in early childhood

Mental backwardness,
and infantile characteristics
in later childhood

Mental disturbances,
cyclical character of
indicating neuropathic tendencies
irregularities of sleep due to
psycho-analysis of

Mental exhaustion,
during convalescence from infective disorders
easily produced in nervous children

Mental irritability, chorea a symptom of

Mental life of the child

Mental power,
active before beginning of speech
in early childhood

Mental processes, development of
age at which most apparent
in later childhood
effect of unconscious suggestions on
heredity in relation to
influence of environment on

Mental training
compared with physical training
objects and advantages of

Mental unrest,
avoidance of
crying in relation to
digestive disturbances due to
growth of neuroses in atmosphere of
habitual actions in relation to
in the adult
in the child
negativism due to
of newborn infant, effects of
_See also_ Nervous Unrest

Micturition,
functional disorder of
negativism in
regulation of
_See also_ Enuresis

Migraine,
periodic vomiting associated with
symptom of nervous exhaustion

Mind,
and body, development of
effect on the body
vigour of, in relation to that of body

Money, theft of

Montessori system of training

Moral degeneracy

Moral standard of school life

Moral training
importance and effects of
negative virtues and
objects and advantages of
parents' responsibilities in

Morals, public opinion forming code of

Morbid introspection

Mothers,
ability and inability to manage children
attitude in regard to temperament of child
care of, during lactation
conduct of child influenced by
inability to understand nature of child's disorders
influence of, on tone and manner of speech
mental environment of child created by
personality of
relation to the child

Motionless children

Mouth, habit of conveying everything to, cause of

Movements,
precision of
purposive, development of
self-command of

Muscular atrophy, and neurosis

Muscular system,
changes in infantile children
weak development of

Muscular tone, how improved

Myopathy, primary

Nasal obstruction
and failure of lactation
night-terrors aggravated by

Natural history, sexual matters taught by

Naughtiness, child's delight in

Naughty, use of the term

Negative virtues, and moral training

Negativism,
cause of
characteristics
factors developing
in constipation
in micturition
spirit of
treatment of
want of sleep depending on

Nerve centres, controlling movement, development of

Nervous control, instability of, connection between bodily ailments and

Nervous cough

Nervous disorders,
and psycho-analysis
common, causes, characteristics, and treatment
frequency of

Nervous exhaustion, cyclic vomiting and migraine symptoms of

Nervous instability, stigma of

Nervous system, abnormal in children
in relation to cyclic vomiting
increased irritability of
infantile characteristics of

Nervous unrest, environment in relation to
factors increasing
manifestations of
recurrence of periods of
symptoms of
_See also_ Mental Unrest

Nervous vomiting. _See_ Vomiting

Nervousness, and digestive disorders
and neuropathy
in early infancy
in older children
parents' attitude causing

Nettlerash

Neurasthenia

Neuropathic children, common symptoms of
conduct of
faulty contact with environment in
fear the prominent symptom of
introspection and self-consciousness of
management of
training of

Neuropathic tendencies, evidence of, in older children

Neuropaths, adult
faulty management in child life leading to
phenomena of
phobias of
selection of suitable environment for
symptoms of

Neuroses, and psycho-analysis
association of albuminuria with
constipation frequently due to
examination of
growth in atmosphere of unrest and apprehension
relation of, to infection of the body
treatment of

Neurotics, and physique
characteristics
exaggeration of emotions of

Newborn baby, administration of sedatives to
artificial feeding of
breast feeding of
case of
effect of mental unrest on
first impressions of
formation of habits of sleep and crying in
heat and cold in relation to
hunger of
induction of the sucking movements of
of nervous inheritance
personality of
prevention of restlessness and crying
reduction of sense stimuli in
reflex action of sucking in
sense of taste of
symptoms of dyspepsia in
times of feeding
weaning of

Night-terrors, aggravation of,
causes of
of neuropathic children

Nursery, activities in, child's interest in
importance of child's being alone in
observations in

Nursery life, advantages of

Nursery psycho-therapeutics

Nurses, ability and inability to manage children
influence of, on tone and manner of speech
mental environment of child created by
personality of

Nursing, during sickness
of the newborn infant

Obedience
and perverse pleasure
growth of

Obsession of bed wetting

Opposition
and counter-opposition
during sickness
force of, factors influencing development
habit of
impulse of
love of, in early childhood
to food

Organic disturbance, in combination with functional trouble

Pain, frequent loss of sense of, in neuropaths

Pallor
sudden attacks of

Palpitation, example of visceral fatigue

Parathyroid glands, function of

Parents,
and children, conflict between
and silence on sexual matters
habitual actions of, reproduced in the child
mental attitude of, in relation to conduct
over-exercise of authority by, results of
responsibilities in moral training of child
suggestions unconsciously conveyed by, evil results of

Parties, disadvantages of

Patient, temperament of, physician in relation to

Pelvis, development of

Peripheral nerves, increase in irritability and conductivity of

Personal adornment, delight in

Personality,
and disobedience
child's own conception of
environment influencing
in early childhood
of newborn baby

Perspiration, abundant, sudden attacks of, 141

Phobias,
characteristics and varieties
frequency of
treatment of

Physical defects, accompanying neurosis

Physical disturbances, due to emotion

Physical exercise, lack of, causing want of sleep

Physical fatigue, easily produced in nervous children

Physical phenomena of neuropaths

Physical training,
objects and advantages of

Physician,
and the temperament of his patient
examination by
diagnosis by
difficulties of

Physique, intellect compared with

Pica and dirt eating

Picture books,
educative value of
kinds most suitable

Play,
happiness of child during
in the nursery
with grown-up persons

Pleasure, sense of, in early childhood

Polarisation of ideas

Postural albuminuria

Posture, faulty
prevention of

Power, child's love of

Precision of movement, development of

Psycho-analysis,
dangers of
observations on

Public schools, character and effects of

Punishment,
deserved and undeserved
frequent, disadvantages of
observations on

Purity, inculcation of high ideals of,

Purposive movements, earliest,
cause of
encouragement of

Pyloric spasm

Pyrexia,
organic disease in relation to

Rational hygiene

Reasoning power,
active before advent of speech
factors influencing development of

Regulation of habits

Repression, by older children of younger

Reproduction, method of imparting knowledge of

Reproof,
cases in which useless
causing disobedience
effects of
extreme sensitiveness to
perverse pleasure of
too frequent repetition of, futility of

Restlessness, during sickness

Rewards, use and dangers of

Rheumatism,
and chorea, association between
characteristics in childhood
subacute
treatment of

Rickets,
mental and intellectual condition in
in infantile children
occurrence with spasmophilia

Right and wrong, appreciation of, in early childhood

Round shoulders

St. Vitus's dance

Salts, excretion of

School life,
and sexual matters
moral standard of
moral training and
moulding of character during
of boys
of girls

Schools, public, character and effects of

Scoliosis, prevention of

Secretions, anomalies of

Self, child's conception of

Self-conscious children, complaints of

Self-consciousness, of neuropathic children

Self-discipline, development of

Self-education, in the nursery

Self-feeding

Self-preservation, morbid instinct of

Self-sacrifice, not to be expected in early childhood

Sensations,
acuteness of
bodily, of neuropaths

Sense perception, of neuropaths

Sense stimuli,
cultivation of perception of
in newborn babies

Sexual matters,
education on
method of
errors of conduct and
parents' silence in regard to
psycho-analysis in relation to
school life in relation to

Sickness
evil effects of suggestions unconsciously conveyed by parents during
management during
nurse and mother during
opposition during
temperature during
therapeutic measures in
therapeutic procedures concentrating child's mind on his symptoms

Sleep, estimation of the amount of
force of suggestion in relation to
formation of habit of
light and broken, cause of
of newborn infant
sound, beneficial effects of

Sleeping attire

Sleeplessness, breaking of the habit of
causes and characteristics
drugs in
in older children
lack of physical exercise causing
suggestion in relation to
treatment of

Sleep-walking

Snatching, habit of

Spasmophilia
aetiology of
drugs in treatment of
occurrence of rickets with

Spasms, control of
fatal

Speech, beginnings of
facility with which local accent is acquired
imitativeness of
infant's reasoning power present before advent of
influence of nurses and mothers on tone and manner of

Spinal deformity, prevention of

Spinal muscles, atrophy of

Spoon feeding

Status catarrhalis

Status lymphaticus

Story-telling

Sucking movements, of newborn child, induction of
_see also_ Lactation

Suggestion, and habit spasms
appetite in relation to
bed wetting in relation to
bodily habits in relation to
characteristics
conduct influenced by
constipation in relation to
effect on mental processes
food in relation to
force of, on child's mind
hysteria in relation to
perverse influence of
bad habits due to
causing constipation
want of sleep depending upon
refusal of food in relation to
sleep in relation to
susceptibility to
unconsciously conveyed by parents, evil results of

Suicide

Suspicions, aroused in the child

Syncopal attacks, causes and characteristics

Tactile sensation. _See_ Touch

Taste, perversion of
sensations of
how controlled
sense of, in newborn infant

Teething convulsions

Tell-tale child, characteristics

Temperament, diversity of
heredity and
mother's attitude in relation to
of the patient, physician in relation to

Temperature, during sickness
inexplicable rises in

Terror, causes, of

Tetany, liability to, in increased irritability of nervous system
pressure to brachial nerve causing

Theatres, disadvantages of

Theft

Therapeutic conversation

Thigh rubbing,
avoidance of
characteristics
habitual action of

Thorax, development of

Thumb sucking
persistence of the habit

Tongue-tie, in relation to lactation

Tonics

Tonsils, removal of, in treatment of enuresis

Touch, sense of,
cultivation of
early development of
organs with greatest development of

Toys,
child's interest in
educative value of
kind most suitable

Training, early, importance and object of

Trousseau's sign, nature and production of

Truthfulness
inculcation of

Twitching of facial muscles

Tyranny of tears

Unkindness, habitual, of children to others

Untruthfulness
over-exercise of authority encouraging

Urine,
condition in enuresis
incontinence of, methods of treatment
_See also_ Enuresis
increased secretion of
irritation of

Vasomotor instability
conditions indicating
in neuropaths

Vasomotor tone, how improved

Virtuous, definition of the term

Visceral fatigue, easily produced in nervous children

Vocabulary

Voice, tone of

Voluntary movements, development of cerebral centres controlling

Vomiting, cyclic
aetiology of
age at which it occurs
case illustrating
causes and characteristics
class of child affected by
condition of the child during
frequency of attacks
migraine in association with
nervous system in relation to
treatment of

Waking states

Weaning, difficulty in

Will, strength of, absence in childhood

Work and play, differentiation between

Writing, correct posture during

Transcriber's Notes

The following typographical errors were corrected:
Page 4: 'sensisive' changed to 'sensitive'.
Page 48: 'self-abnegnatio'n changed to 'self-abnegation'.
page 61: Fixed 'and and'.
Page 125: 'acount' changed to 'account'.
First page of index (191): 'ullimentary' changed to 'Allimentary';
also 'ilstrating' channged to 'illustrating'.

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