Infancy, or the management of children, a didactic poem in six books / [Hugh Downman].

  • Hugh Downman
Date:
1788
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Credit: Infancy, or the management of children, a didactic poem in six books / [Hugh Downman]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I N F A N C r. A didactic poem. argument. ^Introduaion.—Addrefs to Mr Codrington SubjeB of the Book propofed, viz. Cloathing, Heat, and Cold. Picture fill to be attended to.-lnfants not fo fufcep. tible of cold as is generally imagined.—Other caufes occaftoning their firf cries.-Might bear even feve'- rity of cold though naked.-lheir Cloathing to be light andperfeaiy eafy.—Animadverft6n on different treatment of them, not.fo necejfary novo, as when Swathing was more in ufe—Defcription of that cu- fom, and its* Hi effeas—Daughters were confined fill longer—The unnatural attempt to procure them what was called afnejhape, ridiculed.—m part of the body to be loaded.-The head, the legs, and feet to be uncovered.-Cleanlinefs inffed on.-Regard due to good Servants, and Nurfes.^Excefs of heat to be a- voided, whether communicated by contaa, or by weight of bed-cloathes.—Communicated warmth when particularly ufefuL-Cold Bath recommended. Apofrophe to the Springs, Rivers, (b'c.
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