Advice to mothers, on the subject of their own health : and on the means of promoting the health, strength, and beauty of their offspring / by William Buchan.

  • William Buchan
Date:
1811
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Credit: Advice to mothers, on the subject of their own health : and on the means of promoting the health, strength, and beauty of their offspring / by William Buchan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    c2 INTRODUCTION. out any^ painful facrifice. The path along which I propofe to conduct her is plain and eafy, the profpedts all round are delightful, and it leads to the pureli fources of happinefs* The more I reflect on the lituation of a mother, the more I am ftruck with the extent of her powers, and the in- eftimable value of her fervices. In the language of love, women are called angels; but this is a weak, and a fdly compliment; they approach nearer to our ideas of the Deity : they not only create, but fuftain their creation, and hold its future deftiny in their hands : every man is what his mother has made him, and to her he mull be indebted for the greatell bleffing in life, a healthy and vigorous conftitution. But while I thus fpeak of the dignity of the female character, it mull be un- derftood that by a mother I do not mean the woman who merely brings a child
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