BOTANIC PHYSICIAN. 
b it. [have seen a child four weeks old eat a large apple 
- Scraped fine, and another suck down a teacup full of short-cake, in 
milk, while another eat a gill of cherries ; and in no case have I te 
known injury to result from gratifying its appetite to the full; while : 
_ on the contrary, it has never failed within my knowledge of giving — ; 
entire relief. ; = a 
__ I presume this mode of accounting for, and curing this affection 
in children, will be considered as silly or ridiculous, by many prac- 
 titioners: I thought so once myself; but actual demonstration 1B 
_ BuMerous instances, has satisfied me of the truth of what is: above 
stated. Of those who doubt it, I only ask, that they make the expe- 
iment the first fitting opportunity that presents, and by so doing, 
_ they will have the satisfaction of saving the child’s life. 
To look over the long catalogue of infantile diseases in some me- 
books, one would be inclined to think that the real design of 
thors, though concealed under the show of precision, was to 
R 1 through every family. I have had a very different ob- . 
ct In view, viz. to quict the fears of parents, to direct their atten- 
_ tion to the proper treatment of children, and thus to render the use 
of any medicines almost unnecessary. I have shown the folly of 
having recourse to physic to bring away the black, viscid, syrup-hke 
substance contained in the intestines of a new-born infant, when the — ¥ 
purgative quality of its mother’s milk is so admirably suited to that 
i Very purpose. In Germany, and the north of Europe, the infant 1s 
allowed nothing but the breast, even if no milk appears for two or 
_ three days, and no bad Consequences ever result from it. The new 
milk is thin and watery, but acquires every day greater consistence, 
_thus affords a more solid aliment to the child ashe becomes ca- 
gesting it. Ifthe mother does not vitiate by er own im- 
, the pure fountains of nourishment and health which Na- 
ras kine ly given her, the child will neither be troubled with cos+ 
_ tiveness or gripes. He will escape those complaints of the stomach | 
which are occasioned by swallowing crude, inflammatory trash, or 
still more pernicious drugs, The daily use of the cold bath, and 
_ frequent exercise in the open air, will not only preserve him from 
colds and defluxions, but from al! the disorders which are the conse- 
_ quences of relaxation and nervous irritability. A ehild breught ap 
in the way I have recommended, will have little to fear even from 
cternal contagion. The firm texture of his skin, like a shield, will 
t resist its approach, and the purity of his habit will correet its. 
Ps: 
OBSERVATIONS ON THE MORAL AND PHYSICAL MA- 
__NAGEMENT OF CHILDREN, DISEASES &c. 
___ Itis during infancy that the foundation of 
tion ‘is generally laid; efore 
should be well acquainted with the Various cau: 
health of their offspring. = 
.. At appears from the registers of the 
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