With reference to the cause of heat, remember that too little clothing is often the best reason for the sudden attack of the active disease, and that children are exposed to thin clothing in a climate as variable as ours are frequent subjects of croup, and other dangerous affections of the air passages and lungs. On the other hand, we must not forget that too warm clothing is a source of disease, sometimes even the same diseases that come from exposure to cold, and often makes the image more sensitive to the feeling cold, especially cold air intakes in the lungs. Regulate the clothing, then, depending on the season, take the robe of the early winter, lay aside the end, because in spring and autumn that the vicissitudes of our climate are greatest, and congestive and inflammatory complaints the most frequent.

With regard to equipment, the skin at this age bear flannel next to it, and it is now not only good but necessary. It may be put out of advantage during the night, and cotton maybe substituted during the summer, the flannel being resumed early in the fall. If high fineness of the constitution, it is too irritating to the skin, fine fleecy hosiery are usually easily endured, and led many to the preservation of health.

It is extremely important that the child’s clothes should be designed so that restrictions should be placed on the movements of the body or limbs, nor injurious pressure on its size or the chest. All his muscles should have full freedom to act, their free exercise of promoting their growth and activity, and thus ensures the regularity and efficiency of the different functions of these muscles are subject.

The same considerations apply with equal force to the dress of the girl, and happily, during childhood, at least, no distinction is made in this case between the sexes. This is not the case, however, when the girl is about to emerge from this period of life, a system of dress is then adopted which has the most adverse effects on his health, and development of agency, employment is de rigueur, which impede the free and full action of the respiratory organs, being only one of many restrictions and injurious practices of it, in years, they are doomed to suffer seriously.