OF INFANCY. ^gt , 



place for fuch difcufiions. We fliall only re- 

 mark, that, in children, the iirrt let of teeth are 

 leis folid, and more loofely fixed in then* ibcketSj 

 than the fecond. 



It has been often aiferted, that the firft hair 

 of children is always brown ; and that, after it 

 falls off, it is replaced by hair of different co- 

 lours. I am unable to determine whether this 

 remark be well founded ; but the hair of moft 

 children is fair, and often entirely white, lii 

 fome it is red, and in others black : But in all 

 ihofe who are to have fair or brown complex- 

 ions, the hair is more or lefs fair in early infan- 

 cy. Thofe who are to be fair have generally 

 blue eyes ; thofe who are to be red have yel- 

 lowifh eyes ; and thofe who arc to be browri 

 have eyes of a dark yellovvidi colour: But thefe 

 dil\in<5lions are imperfedly marked in children 

 recently after birth ; becaufe their eyes are then 

 almoH: always blue. 



When infants are allowed to cry long and 

 violentlv, runrures are frequently the confe- 

 quence of the efforts they make. Thefe are eafiiy 

 reduced by the application of bandages. But, 

 if this remedy be too long ne;i;ie<tted, the dii'eai'e 

 may continue during life. The limits to which 

 I have prefcribed mylelf permit me not to 

 mention all the dU'eaies incident to children. I 

 {hall only remark on this fubjed, that worms^ 

 with which they are often infcdcd, are produ- 

 •ed from the nature of their food. Milk is a 



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