Every mother's book, or The child's best doctor / by Alfred Fennings.

  • Fennings, Alfred.
Date:
[1859?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Every mother's book, or The child's best doctor / by Alfred Fennings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DIRECTIONS FOR GIVING FENNINGS’ CHILDREN’S COOLING POWDERS. TEE BEST MEDICINE FOR INFANTS CUTTING- THEIR TEETH, preventing CONVULSIONS. THRUSH, DISORDERED BOWELS, AND FOR ALL THE FEVERISH DISEASES OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN. (DO NOT CONTAIN CALOMEL, OPIUM, MORPHIA, NOR ANYTHING INJURIOUS TO A TENDER BABE.) For an infant under three years of' age, give one of Fennings’ Cooling Powders mixed with a little water, or it could be thrown dry as it is into the opened mouth of the Baby, and gently holding back the head for half a minute, it would be swallowed. Whenever an Infant is restless, or feverishly hot from TEETHING, when it is griped or sick from improper food, or over-feeding; has Acidity, or a disordered stomach, one of these Powders should be immediately given, and, if necessary, repeated every day. For a Child over three years of age and under six years, give one Powdei and a half of another for a dose. For a Child over six yearn, and under ten years of age, mix two of the Powders for a dose. If ten years old, and under fourteen years, give two Powders and the half of another for a dose. When a Child is attacked with THRUSH, MEASLES, Hooping Cough, or Fever of any sort, always keep the feverish blood cool by giving a dose of Fennings’ Cooling Powders every, or every other day. CAUTION. We have heard that some unprincipled Persons are selling injurious imitations of Fennings’ Children’s Powders, and we should be very thank¬ ful for any information that will enable us to prosecute the base offenders. Tbe law takes notice of INTENT as to fraudulent sale; that is, if a purchaser desires my article, Fennings’ Children’s Powders, and other Powder is sold to him as such, an action may be brought for heavy damages, or an Injunction in Chancery obtained. Observe, that on each of the genuine Powders is printed Fennings’ Children’s Cooling Powders, with my Trade Mark, A Baby in a Cradle, in the centre. Alfred Fennings is also printed on the Government Stamp placed around each Box, and to imitate which is Felony. . ■ ■ FENNINGS' EVERYBODY’S DOCTOR, OR, WHEN ILL, HOW TO GET WELL. Every person should obtain this invaluable Book, which teaches how to cure quickly, safely, and surely, the following complaints Coughs Dropsy Fever Liver Complaints Cholera Dysentery Gout Lumbago Costiveness Erysipelas Gravel Piles Diphtheria Epilepsy Influenza Rheumatism Diarrhoea Eruptions Indigestion Scarlet Fever Tic-Doloreux Typhus Fever Worms, &c. *** Sent, POST FREE, to any part of the United Kingdom, upon the receipt of Thirteen Postage Stamps, directed to ALFRED FENNINGS, West Cowes, ISLE OF WIGHT. Ague Asthma Biliousness Bronchitis Colds
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