otherways a very _proper Person_, degenerates from some of the abovesaid
_Qualities_: In which _Case_ it is no ways convenient to change the
_NURSE_, especially if it so happen to the MOTHER; only the _MILK_ is to
be corrected according to _Art_, which may be easily performed by proper
_Medicinal Means_, and that as well with respect to its _Quality_ as
_Quantity_: However, as _this Case_ belongs to the _SYMPTOMS_ of the
_Breasts_, which I have already declined speaking to, as in the
foregoing _Chapter_, so I shall no ways enter upon it in this Place. But
again——
THIRDLY as to her _Regimen_, such a NURSE is to make use of, and enjoy a
good and convenient _Diet_; abstaining carefully from all _salt_ and
_sharp Victuals_, as well as from high-spiced _Meats_, and strong or
spirituous _Liquors_. In short, as she ought to avoid all Sorts of
_intemperate Air_, and keep herself clean both in _Person_ and
_Cloaths_; so she ought always to exercise herself by some light
_Labour_, and keep herself in a moderate active Motion; prudently
suppressing, at all Times and upon all Occasions, the various _Passions
of the Mind_: By which means, any _Woman_ as above described, may make a
very good _NURSE_, and that even without abstaining altogether either
from the moderate Use of _Wine_, or of _Conjugal Conversation_;
notwithstanding the contrary Opinion of most _Authors_, provided only
that she does not give the _CHILD suck_ for an Hour or two after
_Copulation_.
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CHAP. IX.
_Of the Diet and Ablactation, together with the farther Regimen of the
CHILD._
BESIDES the _external_ and _internal Excrements_ mention’d in the
foregoing _Chapter_, the INFANT in a few days after _BIRTH_, pukes up a
certain Sort of _viscid Phlegm_; for which Reason it ought to have no
_SUCK_ until this _Humour_ be evacuated, lest the MILK incorporating
with that Matter, _both_ should corrupt: To prevent which Inconveniency,
_some_ order a little _Oil of sweet Almonds by Expression_, and a small
Quantity of _Sugar-Candy_, or a little fresh _Butter_ and _Honey_ mixed.
INSTEAD of which, however, I have seen some _Jewish Matrons_ give also
the new-born CHILD for the first Thing, a little SALT dissolv’d and
mix’d in a Spoonful of _Hysop_, or _Saxifrage-Water_; which (tho’ no
improper _Prescription_ in itself) yet I conceive their chief Reason for
it to proceed from _Ezek._ 16. 4. where the LORD summing up the Duty of
the _MIDWIFE_, says, _Thou wast not salted at all_, &c. Again farther——
THE Learned _Arnoldus de Villa Nova_, advises us to give the _CHILD_,
for the first Thing, half a Scruple of fine _pulverized Coral_ in a
little of the _Woman’s MILK_; and that (says he) to prevent _FITS_, to
which new-born _Children_ are very subject.
ALL which may be indifferently us’d, according to Pleasure, tho’ I take
a small Spoonful of _Sugar’d Wine_, given twice or thrice a day, for the
first four or five days running, to be the most preferable _Remedy_ for
Prevention: By reason that the _Wine_ cuts and loosens the _Acid
Humour_, preparing afterwards by _Concoction_ and _Digestion_ what
remains, as the _Sugar_ temperates and helps to expurge the _Acrimony_:
Which being duly done, I would order the INFANT always to rest, laying
it not on its _Back_, but on its _Side_, that this _morbifick Matter_
may be the more commodiously voided by the _Mouth_, as already
precautioned in _Chap._ 7.——
THIS _Humour_ being then thus prepared and discharg’d, the _Breast_ of
some other clean and sound _Woman_ may be given the _CHILD_, until the
_Mother’s Milk_ be purified for its proper _Use_; which it can scarce be
supposed to be, before the _Dissolution_ of the _MILK-FEVER_, that is
before the _ninth day_ after _DELIVERY_: From which time, it is to be
maintain’d and nourish’d for the first three or four _Months_ by
_BREAST-MILK_ only; augmenting however its _Allowance_ from day to day,
in proportion to its _Age_ and _Strength_, that the weak _Stomach_ may
never be overloaded, so as to occasion _Vomiting_, or (which is worse) a
_DIARRHÆA_: To prevent which _Inconveniency_, let the _INFANT_ rather
_suck often_, and a _little at a Time_, than too much at once.
AFTER these first Months are over, a little thin _PAP_ may be given it
every Morning, and in time twice a day; which is commonly made of
_Flower_ and _Milk_, or _Ale_, with a little _Sugar_ and _Butter_: But
because _FLOWER_ is of itself _humid_ and _viscid_, and may not only
occasion _Pains_ and _Obstructions_, but also, engender _Gravel_ and
_Worms_, it ought to be first well _dryed_ in a new or clean earthen
_Pot_ in an _Oven_; or, what is better, the PAP may be made of the
_Crumb_ of a Loaf: Which Diet is properly observ’d, until the time of
_Teething_, laying it still, a little after its _Meal_, to rest upon its
_Side_, or now and then upon its _Back_, with the _Head_ a little
rais’d; however not in the _Bed_ with the NURSE, for fear of overlaying
it, but in a CRADLE close by her _Bed-side_; always very carefully
covering the CHILD’S _Face_, that the _Light_ may not offend its tender
_Eyes_, and render them any ways _distorted_ or _goggled_: And as the
INFANT may be brought up by the _Hand_ without _Suckling_, so it may
easily be accustomed to Sleep without _Rocking_. But be that as it will,
as soon as the _CHILD_ is furnish’d with TEETH, it is proper by degrees
to use it to a little more solid _Food_, such as _Bread_ and tender
_Meats_ or _Fleshes_, however, a little chewed by the _NURSE_: In the
mean time no _Crude_, or _Meats_ of hard _Digestion_, are to be allow’d
it, because _such_ Things produce a _Corruption_ of _Humours_, whence
_Worms_ engender, and other various, grievous, and irregular _Symptoms_
arise.
BUT before I proceed farther, I ought to observe, that the Duty of the
Nurse does not consist entirely in the abovesaid Conditions; for the
_BABE_ must be as duly _washed_ and _shifted_, _unswaddled_ and
_reswaddled_ as FED: Wherefore from the BIRTH, until the third or fourth
_Month_, it ought to be _loosed_ and _washed_ all over in _warm Water_
twice or thrice a day, before the warm Fire; as also in the night time
if necessary, that the _Acrimony_ of the _Excrements_ may not offend it:
Upon which at every singular Occasion, the NURSE may also _rub_ its
tender Body gently, not only for the better _Concoction_ of its
_Aliment_, but also for strengthening and consolidating its _Members_;
which Offices being all carefully and affectionately done, the INFANT is
to be _shifted toties quoties_, and orderly reswaddled in clean, dry and
warm _Clouts_ and _Blankets_. However yet, from the third Month until
the _Teething-Time_, the Body needs only be _washed once a day_, or (if
you please) every other day; as from thence forward it may only be
_twice a Week_.
MOREOVER, when the _CHILD_ begins to use its _Hands_ and _Feet_, if it
moves briskly from place to place, it is a good Sign of a strong and
lively _Constitution_; as it is the _Reverse_, when it sits torpidly or
drowsily still and unactive. Which notwithstanding, these _brisk
INFANTS_ are not to be allow’d such _Motions_ too soon, I mean not to
use their _Feet_ prematurely or too fast, as many ignorant Nurses
commonly encourage them to do: Because by these means, their tender Legs
may be easily distorted or become crooked. Whereas when they are more
firm and well-grown, they may be learned to walk by the help of the
NURSE’S _Hand_, or of a _Leading-String_; as afterwards they may be
inur’d to walk of themselves, by the means of a small _Vehicle_ or
_Chariot_, as is generally well known in populous Places.
AS to the time of _Ablactation_, or weaning the _CHILD_ from the
_Breast_, it is not always the same; _some_ being more robust and lively
than _others_, and consequently may be sooner _wean’d_; but _others_ are
more weak and tender, and accordingly require longer time of the
_Breast_. However this be, the INFANT ought not to be wean’d before it
has its compleat _Sett of Teeth_; _because_ if sooner, it can no ways
duly prepare its _VICTUALS_ by the _Mouth_, for _Concoction_ in the
_STOMACH_, which may be of very bad Consequence; Besides, in the time of
_Teething_, especially about the _Eruption_ of those call’d the
DOG-TEETH, the CHILD is subject to _Fevers_, Pains of the _Gums_, and
various other _Symptoms_, which would certainly be of more _Danger_ by
far, if it was at that _Juncture_ to be deprived of the BREAST.
OTHERWAYS, I take the due and proper Time for _Weaning_ the INFANT, to
be about the 18th or 24th _Month_, rather longer than shorter; because
it surely finds the Benefit of this proper and benign _Aliment_ all the
Days of its Life. Yet at what time soever it happens to be done, the
CHILD is not on a sudden to be accustomed to _different sorts_ of
VICTUALS, but rather, while it yet _Sucks_, to be gradually brought to
the _Use_ of what is most convenient for its _Nutrition_, such as _Hen_
or _Chicken-Broth_, or the _Soup_ of other Meats, mix’d with a little
_Crumb of Bread_; or a _Soup_ made of Ale, and _Crumbs_, with a little
_Fresh-Butter_, which is of excellent _Nourishment_: As before, or about
the Time that the INFANT is to be _Wean’d_, a little half _chew’d Meat_
of any Sort, provided _sweet_ and _fresh_, may be given it for a good
_weaning Repast_.
UPON this Head, I shall only farther observe, that the ABLACTATION, or
Weaning, always happens more conveniently in the _Spring_ or _Autumn_,
than in the _Summer_ or _Winter_, and _that_ more auspiciously with the
_encreasing_ than with the _decreasing Moon_: And _this_, because
otherways, besides the _Alteration_ which happens to the CHILD from the
Change of its _Diet_ and _Aliment_, another may easily affect it from
the _Calidity_ or _Frigidity_ of the _Ambient Air_.
BUT besides, in short, that the INFANT may be the better and the more
readily _Wean’d_, the NURSE’S _Nipples_ may be anointed with the fresh
_Juice of Wormwood_; or with a _Liniment_ of the same _Juice_, _Honey_
and _Aloes_; or any other proper _Ingredients_, discreetly us’d, that
its tender _Lips_ or _Gums_ may not be inflam’d, nor the weak _Stomach_
hurt or offended. However, the better way is, that the NURSE withdraw
herself from the CHILD’S _Presence_; upon which it is to be plentifully
_fed_, as already advis’d, allowing it a little _Ale_, but no _Wine_,
for its Drink.
NOW as to the DIET and _Regimen_ of _Children_ from ABLACTATION to the
first _Seventh Year of their Age_, I would farther observe, that it
differs yet altogether from that of more _adult Persons_, since their
infirm _Habits_ and tender _Bodies_ can no way tolerate, or withstand
the consequential _Effects_ of an irregular DIET, or an Erroneous
_Regimen_: Besides this Age requires VICTUALS frequently, and _that_ not
only what is sufficient for _Nutriment_, but also for _Growth_: And
moreover they ought still to be now and then _bathed_ or _washed_ at
Times.
BUT touching the _Affections_ and _Passions_ of their Minds, great
_Care_ must be taken, that they be not provoked to _Wrath_ or _Anger_,
nor frighted with fearful _Notions_ or _Phantasms_; since such Things
make strong _Impressions_ upon their soft Bodies, and frequently give
ORIGIN to _Convulsions_, _Epilepsies_, &c. However, as _Children_ are
naturally more prone to _Evil_ than to _Good_, and to _Vice_ rather than
to _Virtue_, they are not to be too much indulged; but from their
_Infancy_ upwards, all such perverse _Faculties_ and _Passions_ of Mind
are to be so curbed and moderated, that they may become subservient and
obedient to _Reason_; and _that_ because this very _Age_ is the proper
Time to lay the _Foundation_ of their future good _Qualities_ and
_Disposition_, agreeable to the _Rules_ and _Præscripts_ of a right
rational OECONOMY.
I know _This_ is sometimes accounted a hard _Task_, but if we consider
that the WHELPS of Savage _Bears_ and _Lions_ may be so tamed, as to
obey the _Motions_ of their KEEPER, how much more easily may the _Sons_
of MEN be inur’d to follow the _Laws_ of right _Reason_? Their _Passion_
first discover themselves most commonly by _Crying_ and _Tears_, tho’
sometimes also otherways; wherefore such FITS of _Anger_ or _Passion_
ought to be prudently reprehended in them; and when neither
_Admonitions_ nor _Commands_ may prevail, then _Threats_ ought to take
place, that all _Frowardness_ and _Obstinacy_ may be stifled in the BUD;
for the Mind of _Youth_ may be justly compar’d to a _Mass_ of WAX or
CLAY, on which we may readily _stamp_ what _Impression_ we please to
make.
FOR these _Reasons_, their _Attendants_, or such other Persons as may be
occasionally about _Children_, ought carefully to avoid _doing_ or
_saying_ any _mean_, _base_ or _vile Thing_, especially in their
Presence or to their Knowledge; since here the _old Proverb_ holds most
true, that, _we are drawn by Precept, but led by Example_. Wherefore to
moderate and mitigate their _Passions_, CHILDREN ought to be allowed
proper _Diversions_, and such _Exercises_ of Body as their _Age_ and
_Constitution_ will permit; and _that_ also, because if they were to be
brought up lazily or sluggishly, without _Motion_ or _Exercise_, their
VICTUALS which is now commonly given them both plentifully and
frequently, could not possibly _disperse_ itself nor _digest_, upon
which the _innate Heat_ would infallibly suffer a sensible _Decay_.
THESE Things being duly observed, it now only farther remains, that the
CHILD be well train’d up, and carefully educated; instilling all along
into its Mind the _Principles_ of _Humanity_ and _Morality_, and
instructing it gradually in the Knowledge of _Arts_ and _Sciences_;
which it will even at this tender Age be found capable of Conceiving:
For the _Human Mind_ being naturally adapted to attain to the
_Cognition_ of all sublunary Things, may be thus endued and furnished
with the most laudable _Arts_, before it can distinguish the USE of
them; since according to the _Philosopher_’s wise saying[185], _Nostrum
scire nihil aliud est, quam Reminsisci_. Because (I say) the _Mind of
Man_ perceives and comprehends the Notion and Knowledge of all temporal
Things in it self, notwithstanding that it cannot easily display it
self, by reason of the burthensome Oppression of the _Body_ and its
gross _Humours_: Like as a FIRE, overlaid with _Ashes_, must be raised
up and fomented, before its engender’d or retain’d _Sparkles_ can exert
themselves with any _Lustre_; so it is even with us, before the _Light_
and _Instinct_ of our Natures can shine forth: For as some ROOTS cast no
_Smell_, or breathe no _Fragrancy_ of themselves, unless they be softly
touched or squeezed with the _Hand_; so neither do our _Natural Powers_
and _Faculties_ exert or show themselves, unless they be diligently
exercised and cultivated.
THUS we have now guided and conducted the CHILD from its BIRTH, to the
_Seventh Year of his Age_; which being only meant by the INFANT, that
was safely _Born_, and continued all along in _Health_; I come now in
the next place, to hint upon what is farther _Requisite_ towards the
_rearing of such_ CHILDREN, whole _Misfortune_ it may be, either to come
into the World with _Infirmities_, or to be afterwards subjected to them
in their _Cradles_. And FIRST,
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CHAP. X.
_Of the various Symptoms and Indispositions wherewith the_ CHILD _may be
Born._
SINCE _some_ only, not _all_ CHILDREN, happen to bring _Infirmities_
with them into the World; and because such _Indispositions_ as are
chiefly meant here, discover themselves presently at the Time of BIRTH,
and require immediate _Cure_; I shall concisely enter upon, and briefly
comprehend them All here, as they most commonly fall out, in this
present _Chapter_.
IN order to which, I shall previously observe, that such
_Inconveniencies_ happening to the INFANT, may have a double _Origin_,
and proceed either from a _Defect_ in Nature, or the _Effect_ of a
difficult BIRTH: The _First_ may take Rise from various Causes, such as
of the _Parental Seed_, the _Forming Faculty_, the _Maternal_ or
_Uterine Constitution_, an _illegitimate Time_ of BIRTH, and the like;
as the _Latter_ may also arrive, not only from a _Difficult_, or
_Preternatural_ LABOUR, _&c._ but also from the ignorant, rough Usage,
or barbarous Treatment of the MIDWIFE. However, not to insist too long
on these Things, it very often, and too commonly happens.
I. THAT, The CHILD suffers so much in the _Birth_, that (when born) it
is hard to know, whether it be _dead_ or _alive_, not one part of the
Body being perceiv’d to _move_; which however may be _thus_ well known,
_viz._ by laying my _Hand_ upon its _Breast_, I shall feel the Motion of
the _Heart_, if alive, tho’ never so weak; as I shall also perceive a
small _Pulsation_ of the _Arteries_, by touching the NAVEL-STRING near
the _Belly_.
IN which _Case_, I would immediately order the INFANT to be laid in a
_Warm Bed_ or _Blanket_, and quickly carried to the FIRE; where its
_Mouth_ is to be open’d, as its _Nose_ is to be clean’d and unstopp’d
with small TENTS dipp’d in warm _White-Wine_, and _Linnen_ wet with the
same applied to its _Breast_ and _Belly_; spurting always in the mean
time, a little of the same _Wine_ into its _Mouth_ and _Nose_, until it
begin to stir: Or then I would distil a drop of _Aqua-Vitæ_, from time
to time upon its _Tongue_, bathing its _Pulses_ and _Nostrils_ with the
same, while I anointed its _Mouth_ with _Honey_.
II. IT sometimes only happens, that the tender FACE is bruised _Black_
or _Blew_, _Pale_ or _Livid_; which may also as well proceed from the
Bones of the PELVIS, or from the CHILD’S being Born _Face-upwards_, as
from the MIDWIFE’S hard Usage. In this _Condition_, I would only order
it to be frequently anointed with the _Oil of Sweet Almonds_, drawn
without FIRE, that is, by Expression; upon which it soon recovers its
_Natural Colour_.
III. AGAIN sometimes the INFANT is born with a KNOB or TUMOUR on the
_Crown of its Head_, occasion’d by its hard _Pressure_ against the
ORIFICE, or by its strict _Compression_ in the same: In which
_Condition_, I would immediately foment it with _warm Wine_ or
_Aqua-Vitæ_, and apply a COMPRESS to it, either wet in the _same_, or in
the _Oil of Roses_ and _Wine_ beat together; and the same _Fomentation_
and _Compress_ may serve for any other Part of the Body, which may be
swell’d by _rough Usage_, or otherways, in a _difficult_ BIRTH. But in
_Case_ of _Suppuration_, it must be open’d in a proper place with a
LANCET, applying afterwards a _Plaister_ of _Betony_. As also in _Case_
of a _Fracture_, or any sort of _Dislocation_, the _Parts_ must be
join’d and reunited, and duly retain’d in their _Natural Position_ by
convenient _Boulsters_ or _Splinters_, until they be firmly closed and
reconjoin’d. Moreover
IV. IN _Difficult_ BIRTHS, it very commonly falls out that the HEAD is
pressed into an _oblong Form_ by the _Bones_ of the _Pelvis_, because
the SCULL not being made of one piece, is not equally _hard_ or _firm_;
the _Sutures_ being only surrounded with _Membranes_, especially the
_Top_ of the HEAD is so _Membranous_ and soft, that the _Bones_ forming
the SCULL may be easily pressed one upon another; from whence we have
this _oblong Figure_ of the HEAD. However, in short, this may be
corrected and reduced to its _Natural Shape_, by frequent, but cautious
and skilful, _Handling_.
V. WEAK CHILDREN, and such as come _præmaturely_, or before their Time,
into the World, have the _Mould_ and _Sutures_ very open, and the
_Bones_ far distant: In which Condition they are only to be softly bound
about with a small _Cross-Cloth_, committing the rest to _Nature_; which
in time, and by degrees, will close up and consolidate these _Sutures_;
and sooner or later, according to the _innate Heat_ and _Moisture_ of
the INFANT, unite and join the _Bones_ of the HEAD.
VI. SOMETIMES also it happens that the Child is _Tongue-ty’d_, by the
too strait _Astriction_ of its BRIDLE; so that this _Member_ cannot
freely extend or move itself, thro’ the _Capacity_ of the MOUTH; which
in the _Infancy_ impedes or hinders its _Sucking_, as in riper Years it
does the _Faculty_ of SPEAKING: In this _Case_, the TONGUE, being
supported or held up, on each side of the String, by a small forked
_Instrument_, ought to be _cut a-cross_ by sharp SCISSORS as much as is
needful; which however must be done with Caution, not to hurt the
_Veins_ under the TONGUE.
VII. THE INFANT is also sometimes troubled with a small round _Tumour_
under the TONGUE, fill’d with _vitious Blood_, or _pituitous Matter_;
which _Aëtius_ and _Paulus Ægineta_ call’d RANULA LINGUÆ; Which _Case_
may be managed, and the _Tumour_ dissolved by a little _Ammoniac Salt_,
or such other proper _Remedies_; but if Occasion require, the same may
be open’d by a _Lancet_.
VIII. IT also happens, tho’ but seldom, that the CHILD is born with a
close _Fundament_; and _that_ sometimes shut up by the single SKIN, and
sometimes by a _fleshy Substance_: In the first _Condition_, there
appear some _livid Marks_ of the MECONIUM thro’ the _Skin_, which feels
soft to the _Touch_. Upon which occasion, an _Apertion_ must be made
with a small _Incision-Knife_, a-cross, not long-ways, that it may the
better receive a _round Form_, and not so easily grow again together;
which however must be done with great Caution, that the SPHINCTER of the
_Rectum_ may not be hurt: And the _Meconium_ being afterwards voided,
whether by a _Suppository_, _Clyster_, or otherways; the _Orifice_ is to
be stopp’d up with a _Linnen-Tent_, anointed at the beginning with
ROSE-HONEY, but afterwards with some drying and cicatrizing _Ointment_,
such as UNGUENTUM-ALEUM, POMPHOLYX, _&c._ Dressing it always as often,
and as soon, as the _Excrements_ are evacuated, lest the _Apertion_
should turn to an ULCER.
BUT in the other _Case_, where the FUNDAMENT is stopped up with _Flesh_,
that neither any Mark nor Appearance of the RECTUM is seen or felt,
whereby its true _Situation_ may be known, or the proper place where the
_Aperture_ ought to be made; The _Operation_ is much more difficult, and
the INFANT but seldom escapes the fatal Consequence of this
_Misfortune_: Which Difficulty notwithstanding, we are diligently to do
our Best upon such Occasions; to which End, an _Apertion_ must be made
within _half_ an Inch of the CHILD’S _Rump_, being the certain place of
the RECTUM; which in the _interim_ must be perform’d with the greatest
Care and Judgment by a small _Incision-Knife_ with one Edge, turning the
_Back upwards_, and thrusting it so forward, until the _Aperture_ be
made big enough for the _Excrements_ to pass thro’, always prudently
regarding the SPHINCTER as above; upon which the _Wound_, &c. are to be
dressed and order’d, as in the preceding _Case_.
IX. IN like manner, it also may happen that the INFANT is born with its
_Urinary Passage_ shut up; upon which Occasion, a convenient _Apertion_
must also be made with a proper LANCET: Which _Operation_ must likewise
be perform’d with great Prudence and Ingenuity.
X. MOREOVER, It also sometimes falls out, that the CHILD is infected
with the _Venereal Lues_, from the Predominancy of that _Distemper_ in
the MOTHER; _which_ Case easily discovers itself by many _Pustules_ and
_Ulcers_ appearing at the BIRTH in diverse Parts of its Body, especially
about the HEAD, BELLY, THIGHS and CLUNES: Upon which the _Cure_ may be
pertinently protracted to a more advanced Age, tho’ prudent _Measures_
may be taken, to keep the _Distemper under_, but if the _Condition_ be
Malignant, the _Remedy_ is commonly prevented by DEATH.
XI. FINALLY as to the small or puny _Faults_ of NATURE, such as a
distorted or wry _Mouth_, crooked or flat NOSE, thick or flabby LIPS,
rough or ugly VISAGE, or the like _Blemishes_,——
THE CHILD’S _Body_ being tractable like a piece of _Wax_, or the
_Potter’s Clay_, These may be Judiciously corrected and Ingeniously
amended, and a more Delectable and Amiable FORM given to[186] every
_Part_; as in _Case_ of any _Blemish_ of the EYES, whether they be
Discoloured, or Sparkling, Dim or Short-sighted, Squint or Goggle,
Rolling or Goat-eyed; a Lovely _black Colour_, and a _graceful Beauty_,
may be also artfully given them[187].
NOW (I think) These are all the most common _Symptoms_ or
_Indispositions_ which the CHILD brings with it into the World; which
being thus briefly discuss’d, I come at length to——
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CHAP. XI.
_Of the Sundry Symptoms and Diseases, peculiarly incident to the_ INFANT
_after its_ BIRTH.