Paedotrophia, or, The art of nursing and rearing children. A poem, in three books / translated from the Latin of Scevole de St. Marthe ; with medical and historical notes; with the life of the author, from the French of Michel and Niceron ... by H.W. Tytler.

Date:
1797
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Credit: Paedotrophia, or, The art of nursing and rearing children. A poem, in three books / translated from the Latin of Scevole de St. Marthe ; with medical and historical notes; with the life of the author, from the French of Michel and Niceron ... by H.W. Tytler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Or where befides the fpreading heat appears. And pour a little in his aching ears. Nor lefs the Mufe prefcribes for this difeafe What, tho' more limple, oft gives greater eafc. New milk with barley flour, ftirr'd o'er the fire, 235 And boil'd together, thick as you defire. Spread on a cloth, and, to remove the harm. O'er all his chin apply'd the poidtice warm. But you, with heavier forrow, foon will mourn. If thefe abfcefles, fuppurating, turn 2,4.0 the fever and inflammation of the mouth, which frequently fpreads along the cheeks, snd makes thethrufli a very dangerous dii'eafe. The juice of citrons and pomegranates, and of all acid fruits, tend to cleanfe the mouth, allay the inward heat, all extremely necefl'ary in this diforder. In chufing fruits for the acute fevers of infants, the maxims of Cellusfliould always be re- membered. Bonus fuccus eft ex pomis quifcunque neque acerbus neque acidus eft. Thole fruits are good, which, *' are neither too bitter, nor too acid. Lib. II. cap. 20. Ver. 23S. O'er all hlr ch'm apply^d the poultice 'itiarm.'] The pro- priety of ponltices in inflammations of the mouth is well known; and they are the more neceflary the greater degree of it appears outwardly. They both alleviate the external heat; and by making a revulfion draw part of the noxious humours from •within. Hence the propriety of applying them to the feet in the fmall pox and other eruptive fevers. The fimple remedies here advifed, remembering always to keep the belly open, will gene- rally be found as efFedual, and much lefs hurtful to the fyf- tem than the chymical ones now in ufe. Cor-