Godey's lady's book 1863 Jan -June; Jul - Dec (1863)
Hale, Sarah Josepha, 1788 - 1879, Godey, Louis Antoine, 1804 - 1878 (eds.) · Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey · leaf 192
instead of soap.A most excellent nurse, who brought up all my chil-dren, had constantly a small barrel of oatmeal ia hernursery cupboard, and in cold frosty weather never usednny «oap, only oatmeal, to wash all the children iinderher care, aud always used it for the baby from the firstbath. I never… … SECOND STORY. and with this she always washed their hair, rubbingthe paste into the roots with her fingers, and afterwardscleansing the head with clean tepid soft water—rainwater is best; this will make the skin of the head freefrom scurf, and the hair soft and glossy. M. W. Nathaniel Lee, author…
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