An essay upon nursing and the management of children, from their birth to three years of age. In a letter to a governor / Published by order of the General Committee for transacting the affairs of the said hospital. By a physician [i.e. W. Cadogan].

  • William Cadogan
Date:
1764
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Credit: An essay upon nursing and the management of children, from their birth to three years of age. In a letter to a governor / Published by order of the General Committee for transacting the affairs of the said hospital. By a physician [i.e. W. Cadogan]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in all weathers; I am confident, that In fix or eight months time moft Children would, become healthy and ftrong, would be able to fit up on the ground without fupport, to di¬ vert themfelves an hour at a time, to the great relief of their Nurfes, would readily find the ufe of their legs, and very foon fhift for themfelves. If it be afked whether I mean this of Chil¬ dren in general, and that weakly ones, born of unhealthy parents, fhould be treated in the fame manner; I anfwer, that it is not fo common for Children to inherit the difeafes of their parents, as is generally imagined; there is much vulgar error in this opinion; for people that are very unhealthy feldom have Children, efpecially if the bad health be of the female fide; and it is generally late in life when chronick difeafes take place in moft Men, when the bufinefs of love is pretty well over : certainly Children can have no title to thofe imfirmities, which their Parents have acquired by indolence and intemperance long after their birth. It is not common for peo¬ ple to complain of ails they think hereditary, till they are grown up; that is, kill they have contributed to them by their own irre¬ gularities and excefles, and then are glad to throw their own faults back upon their Pa¬ rents, and lament a bad cbnftitution, when they have fpoiled a very good one. It is very feldom that young Children are troubled with fi^nily