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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    For, of themfelves, they frequently withdraw, Or, fliould they not, by Nature's kindly law Become of ufe, and from the wat'ry brain Draw humours forth, and make the body clean. But let the Mufe defcribe the piiftules dire, 445 That, breaking out from fome contagious fire. Rife o'er the Ikin, and outward bend their courfe, Compell'd by raging fever's rapid force. The face, the joints, the fnowy limbs deform. And leave long tokens of th' internal ftorm ; 450 If, o'er the body rais'd, diftindl their name. They fwell, and Ihine, like fpires of ruddy flame ; Or confluent o'er tlie fpotting infant flow, Erom gelid humour, that moves dull and flow, Whence they, fupprefs'd, rife not above the flvin. But make the fever more to rage within; 456 Ver. 444. Draiu hummrs forth, and make the body clean.] Not- withftanding this, thefe fcales and fciirfs, which are commonly confined to the head, and therefore called, Tinea capitis, are very difagreeable to the eye, and make the child liable to other difeafes. They commonly proceed, either from a fcrophulous ha- bit, or from not keeping the infant properly clean. Wherefore, they fliould be waflied every day with lime-water, and a decoc- tion of the woods given internally; to which, if it does not purge of itfelf, fome gentle laxative fliould be added. Several phyficians think that they may be healed up, without any inter- md medicine. But