Practical observations on the convulsions of infants / By John North.
- North, John, 1790-1873.
- Date:
- 1826
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Practical observations on the convulsions of infants / By John North. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![3] increase of nervous diseases is to be im- puted to the modern and vicious system of . educating infants. It is at least certain that: ail diseases:of that class have increased in proportion as polished education has removed children from the bodily freedom and carelessness of mind; which toa cer- tain extent: are so essentially necessary’ to ‘the preservation of their health. In an- cient Europe convulsive affections were scarcely known. : It will not be denied that mismanagement in the diet of children is a frequent cause of local irritation, which sooner or later gives rise to convulsions in many cases. Without being inclined to aaVeedite the opinion of Rousseau, who considered read- ing to be the scourge of infancy, and who would not, therefore, allow his Emilius to learn a line by heart until the age of twelve years, it may be observed, that it is un-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3309259x_0047.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
