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

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.

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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$Or -ftalks of beets, whofe courfe {he may diredt Within the re6lum, and with eafe inje6t. But lince from this difeafe proceeds at length Uncommon loofenefs, that exhaufts the ftrength; To brace his bowels then, your infant needs 315 Cyperus brown, mix'd with white poppy feeds. And myrtle-berries, ftill to Venus dear, That warm the ftomach, but cold feafons fear. Pound thefe together, and, when fitly bruis'd. Be all, a proper time, in milk infus'd ; 320 The grateful liquor will new health produce, And o'er his llender body ftrength difFufe. But, Ver. 312. TVithiti the reSlum, and with eafe inje^.] Expe- rience daily teaches the neceffity of keeping an open belly in the time of dentition, and in all inflammatory diforders. The Italics and roots mentioned in the text make very good fuppofitories, ef- pecially if rubbed over with honey. If thefe fail of the delired cffeft, fome opening medicines fliould be adminiftered: and Dr. Underwood obferves, that a confiderable degree of loofenefs is iifeful. The roots of Althsa, or marfli-mallovv, are well known to all praftitioners; and beets may be found in every garden. Ver. 322. j^nd o'er his Jlender body ftrength diffufe.'] Habitual loofenefs often proves more troublefome than its oppofite, being iptft fo eafily removed. The fimple ftoraachic emulfion, recom- mended$