r68 ESSAYS and OBSERVATIONS 



them, that they are never to ofFer to one 

 what has been ufed by another in eating, 

 drinking, or odierwife, till it is thorough- 

 ly cleaned again. And in drinking-com- 

 panies, every one fhould have his own 

 glaCs. A gentleman obliged to do bufi- 

 nefs in a low houfe, by drinking out of 

 the fame cup with others, caught the in- 

 feclion, and h?id almoft been ruined be- 

 fore he knew what the difeafe was. 



The difagreeable cullom of lying two 

 ip one bed fliould be altogether baniflied, 

 unlefs the perfons are well knovvn to each 

 other. 



Those who put out their children to 

 nurfe, cannot be too nice in inquiring 

 into the chara6ter and cleanlinefs of the 

 perfons to whom they are intrufted, and 

 the condition of the place where they 

 live with refpedl to the difeafe. 



The very uncleanly method of feed- 

 ing children, fo common among the 

 meaner fort, ought inftantly to be forfa- 

 ken, as it is a likely way of communica- 

 ting the infedion, and more fuited to the 



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