A treatise on the diseases of children, with directions for the management of infants from the birth; especially such as are brought up by hand / by Michael Underwood.

Date:
1784
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Credit: A treatise on the diseases of children, with directions for the management of infants from the birth; especially such as are brought up by hand / by Michael Underwood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    [ iSi ] the growth of the infant, whilft it pre- ferves the blood in a proper ftate of flui- dity, and promotes both the fecretions and excretions; which are the next things it was propofcd to conlider. Retention and Excretion. EVERY medical reader will be ftn- flble how greatly health depends upon a due proportion between the daily fup- plies and the various difcharges of the body ; the latter, will vary according to the diet, age, and particular mode of life of each individual. The excretions of infants however, infenfible perforation excepted, are chiefly from the bowels and bladder; but the latter is not very liable to diforders. It will be fufiicient there- fore to fay, that the chief retention of urine appears loon after birth, and is ufually removed by applying a bladder of hot water to the belly, and gentle rubbing