( 174 ) 

 REPORT OF DISEASES, 



[Sept. 1, 



•^ii ihf.jmh!tr an<'! private Prafhre nf one of the I'l'ij/f/ciaifS of the F'lnjlnirn Dijpcvfari/^^ 



Ft om the '20th of July to the 20th of Jvguf(. 



^/JORBI Infititiks 37 to injure its Itnifiure, and fpoi! thr 



Apoplcxia ^ 1 ■ healtliy rec'iliirity ot' its mov«'inents ; nnd 



Diarrhcca 4 ., ^1 ti,,. fanie ohleivulion is applicable to tlic 



^'' . '-'■^ : '*• ^ human marhinc, which, in a child, is 



Ovitrnitru ,. ] (•<jual!y irij^ile and complicatMl, at the 



^ '*■'' ■* • 2 Tame iiwi that it is vafilv I'uperior in the 



Catarrlius 7 ,.. r ■ 1 ,. 1 • .1 ■ 1 



A„, 1 ^o flitrnitv ot us (Icliinv and in tlic iiicalcn- 



Amcnorrhffia l»i ,,1'' 



Mcno)r!ia"i 1 2 lali-'e jmporta.ice ol Its or^aiu/ation. It 



Ltuconl.cca ' ""■ ' , ^ ot'icn happens, that a beinp is fcarccly 



*Aillunia ,, II born, hct'oip he i» d'}j'cd to death. 'J'tic 



Hvdri>|.3 . ,S only drfWf^htu \vhi.;h an infant requires, 



^Joriii CuiJiui a nrr thofc whicli he inguvp^itatcs from the 



Tlie vwrtn i)if,n,lilcx appear i.iirlini- bolom of his mother, or infiaV^s from the 



Jnrlv in-oniir,ei>t "and confpieuous in the «t"i"tpl'f'-<-- "hieh iurrounds hnn. 



above lili. Ir.d..-fl, inexerv f..rnuT ca- ^^^''P '"'" »'nifonnly and accuralely 



taloine v hioh has been preii\e(l to thcfe <'''--'"- ""'' =*"""' 'i"" '•' <""*^-'*''^t qnantity 



reports, l.hc diforders of children liave "* ""• i"J>"dhment, and exercile, and 



ronrritulcd a lar;ie and very difi.ropo*'- tlic mltances would be rare nideed, which 



lioiiatc lliarc prefented any ufe or necelVity hjr tiie 



it bus been e'liitnated', that onc-fonrth """'eo'is and noxious intrufion of doctors 



of the human race arc an»lied in then- ^"'^ "^ drui:s. 



e> a.Kfconl career of life, before the Sun ^^ ^ ""s-'''t »" *e^^' " P^n'iful dc<rree of 



uhich l-.a-l wit nelfed their birth, has com- t'm'<l't.V and icepticdm with regard t(» 



i.kted one of its annual revolutions, -'^f^ mtantile l.d.jeCts ot mn- care ; bnt 



This furelv i.- not an orifiiual and invin- <l"t-afc, when it attacks peifons ot an 



cible c)( ( r^e of NaLure : with more pro- •'^"''^ "'^'^ •""' vigorous habit, rcqun-es a 



i-iiety is it to be attribuU.d to the artilicial """"c t''^" "nlinary dcirree ot energy and 



jiianaoeuieni and medical maltrealinent '■f*--"w»- <» I"" (l"i-tnues, oppolite to 



olehildren in the incipient Itage of their «"^"" o^her, one innll be xM-ong ; but it 



h.ing. Thefc httle victims awaken is equally clear that the intermediate or 



our companion, perhaps ihe more, be- '^'".^''"('i do<^(rinc cannot be n-ht. A 



caufethev arc not iherafelvcs confeious, .l'«^!;'"<^"t that vacillates, almoft inevi- 



lio\v miucceliarv are the pains which they ' ^^''b' errs. Indetcrimnation betrays ei- 



aietauiiht tofutiir, aiul how often, bV ■^"*-'" " '^^^^^^ '"" "" "Ri'if.V of under- 



■ the dinViionof iiinorance orfoUy, they "^'"rl'iig- Caprice, or a Irequent dii- 



.-u-e iiuiicd and phMickcd out of exifi- pohtion to vicifl.tudo ol jud..nnent, is the 



p.^pp ' eharattenltic lymptom oT a treinulr)u~, 



' The thread upon which infantile life appn^i'chinL' n.arly to a paralytic, eondi- 



flepends, i.~ of fo tine anddelicatea tox- ^lon ot llie inKllectual taculties.*- 



tuie, that, unlefs it be with the utmotl Joiix Ri-u>. 



degree of tendernei; and caution, one Gran-ille-ftreet, Ih-uiifutck-Jqiian:, 



could not touch it without endangering Aiigiijf '26, "ISOO. 



its. continuity. ■ — 



The ndmiiiiitratirtn of medicine in the .,,•,., n ■ 



.1 , • ,■ 1 ,• ■ ■ . ,1 * Imbecile mmds arc ant to protect them- 



Avay that, in lu( h cales. 11 1> too ijencrallv j- , j .l ,1 .• . I, u r. .■ 



■,. , ' • : •/• • 1 )■ feh cs under trie malk ot liumhlc helitatiun. 



appnerl, appears IDronldtciit with the ^.|^^„ a candid.- e for a degree at one 



ujolt obvious and obl-uflvefuLWUlou, ot „j ^.^^ univerAtk-. was aikcd wbcther the 



common fenle, a.^^ well as \Mtb the pre- y^,) moved round tl.e Eartli, or the Earth 



rept.s of an umiebaiiciied plulotophy. lou-id the Sun, lie, after fomc delay and cm - 



Ihe crtnftnritly medu'fin.fi «itha watch, bsr-.aiVn-.eht,- replied, "Sometimes tlic one, 



the ma!. er of It will tell v.ju, cuaiiol fail .-'.nd fomctim;:^ the other." 



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