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![If thefe proceed too far, no doubt they ought to be checked ; but this is never to be done without the greateft caution. Nurfes, upon the firft ap- pearance of loofe ftools, frequently fly to the ufe of aftringents, or fuch things as bind the belly. Hence inflammatory fevers, and other fatal dif- cales, are occafioned. A dofe of rhubarb, a gentle vomit, or Ibme other evacuation, fhould always precede the ufe of aftringent medicines. One of the greateft: faults of nurfes is conceal- ing the difeafes of children from their parents. This they are extremely ready to do, efpecially when the difeafe is the effedt of their own negli- gence. Many inftances might be given of perfons who have been rendered lame for life by a fall from their nurfe’s arms, which flie, through fear, con- cealed till the misfortune was pafl cure. Every parent who intrufts a nurfe with the care of a child, OLt^it to give Jier the ftridbdl charge not to con- ceal the mofl; trifling diforder or misfortune that may befal it. W £ can fee no reafon why a nurfe who conceals any misfortune which happens to a child under her care, till it lofes its life, fhould not be puniflied. A few examples of this w'ould fave the lives of many infants •, but, as there is little reafon to expedt that it ever will be the cafe, we would earneftly recommend it to all parents to look carefully after their children, and not to trull lb valuable a trea- fure entirely in the hands of an hireling. The ]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21721907_0086.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
