Medical admonitions to families, respecting the preservation of health, and the treatment of the sick ... With observations on the improper indulgence of children / [James Parkinson].
- James Parkinson
- Date:
- 1801
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Medical admonitions to families, respecting the preservation of health, and the treatment of the sick ... With observations on the improper indulgence of children / [James Parkinson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![( 54®'. ) bcr of puflules mull of neceflity be confiderably multiplied. ,ia • ir’ J y * « . . * - 4 *J li • ii Ct r*. » * But when the. maturation of the pock takes place, the mifchiefs proceeding from the inabi- lity to reftrain the impatience of the poor tor- mented child become too obvious. His little hands are conftantly employed in rubbing the face, or fome part of the body, and oftentimes with fo much violence as to crufli almoft every puftule. The part which in general fuffers mod from this fpecies of injury, is the face, which will frequently be fhockingiy lacerated,- and covei ed with the blood, and the contents of the ruptured pullu!es.# IN- ;' ^ *y< T. * s 1 ] ■ / . .. . . it m): i - - • * In thofe cafes in which fuch an event is to be appre- hended, parents fhould confidcr that no reliance for its prevention can be placed on the moft vigilant attention of the nurle ; fmee in a moment of time, whilfl her head is turned, the mifohief may be accomplifhed. The child firould therefore, by an appropriate andcafy contrivance, have its hands fo fecured as to render their approach to the face impoflible. Parents frequently objea to this practice, on the fufpicibn that by the ftruggles which the eliild will make to obtain a relcal'e from hisJconfinement, he will imure hirrtfctf more than he would were his hands and](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22037147_0606.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
