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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    I [ 37 ] ’till one or two and twenty, or later. Teeth are breeding the greateft part of that time; and it is my opinion, the laft teeth give more pain than the firft, as the bones and gums they are to pierce, are grown more firm and hard. But, whatever fever, fits, or other dangerous fymptoms, feem to attend this ope¬ ration of Nature, healthy Children havefome- times bred their teeth without any fuch bad attendants; which ought to incline us to fuf- ped: the evil not to be natural, but rather the effeds of too great a fulnefs, or the corrupt humours of the body put into agitation by the flimulating pain the tooth caufes in break¬ ing it’s way out. This, I believe, never hap¬ pens without fome pain, and poffibly a little fever ; but if the blood and juices be per¬ fectly fweet and good, and there be not too great a redundancy of them, both will be but flight, and pafs off imperceptibly, with¬ out any bad confequence whatever. The chief intention of the method I am recom¬ mending is, to preferve the humours of the body in this ftate 5 and therefore if it fuc- ceeds. Children fo managed will breed their teeth with lefs pain and danger than are com¬ monly obferved to attend this work of Na¬ ture. As I have faid that the firft and general caufe of moft of the difeafes infants are liable to, is the acid corruption of their food ^ it may not be amifs juft to mention an eafy and certain