A dissertation on the means of preserving health in Charleston, and the adjacent low country. Read before the Medical Society of South-Carolina, on the 29th of May, 1790 / By David Ramsay, M. D.

  • David Ramsay
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1790
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Credit: A dissertation on the means of preserving health in Charleston, and the adjacent low country. Read before the Medical Society of South-Carolina, on the 29th of May, 1790 / By David Ramsay, M. D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Shs S Pos FR T A-T.I.0 N CHARLESTON, AND_ THE aDsseeN? LkOw Soe a fae aa only to teal difea: CS, buc to prevent them. As it is my turn this eveningito furn'fh a fubject of converfation for the fociety, ‘| fhall, with great de- obfervations on the means of preventing thote dif- —eafes which are moft comm«n in Charlefton and the vicinity. This I do the more readily as, having enjoyed almoft uninterrupted health during a refidence of fixteen years in this climate, I hope that I may be allowed to have fome experimental knowledge of the fubjedt. The foundation of good health through life, fhould be Jaid in a proper. treatment of infants. Their limbs fhould be unconfined, and frequently rubbed, Their food ought to be plain aad fimple. They fhould be kept coni'antly clean, and never fuffered to remain wet for any length of time. Caps fhould be laid afide after the third or - fourth month in winter, and much fooner in fun- mer. Shoes and ee may weil be difpented with through the hole period of infancy. Every prudent exertion fhould be early made for harden- ing the conftitution againft fudden changes of the atmofphere. To this end exercife fhould be freely and daily taken in the open air, When the weather turns fuddenly cold, fome additional cloathing may be proper; but it is often nore for the interett of children 1, to habituate them to all the varieties of
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