Woman and her diseases : from the cradle to the grave : adapted exclusively to her instruction in the physiology of her system and all the diseases of her critical periods / by Edward H. Dixon.

  • Dixon, Edward H., 1808-1880.
Date:
1860
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Credit: Woman and her diseases : from the cradle to the grave : adapted exclusively to her instruction in the physiology of her system and all the diseases of her critical periods / by Edward H. Dixon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    establishment, as well as the derangemenl of the func , than that in which they usually appear In the in \\ hioh we live. We write for popu- lar instruction, and must therefore suppose that we shall I'ul in adopting that method ofarre men! whit li is bo constantly before the eyes of a mother in her own offspring and those of Ikt friends. She re- quires also to have her attention directed to the natural difference existing in children, before she can under- stand the uecessitj of distinctions in their training and gt ueral regimen, as calculated to develope or cluck disorders in their most important functions. There are few mothers so incapable of observation, as not to have Dotioed very great differences in the de- portmenl and character of children in different fami- J] this is the result of moral example in theii supervisors, so they may be assured that equal differ- ances in their constitutions will undoubtedly be pro- duced by their physical training. Wo need only notice the hardy constitutions of those who escape the far more frequent accidents of childhood among the poor, provided always they have sufficient nourishment and clothing, to be convinced that some great error exists in rearing the children of the opulent. The ten thou- sand aches and pains to which they are subject, from pampering their appetites, counterbalance the car. if the poor. The children of the latter are rarely