Copy 1, Volume 1

A treatise on the diseases of children, with directions for the management of infants from the birth; especially such as are brought up by hand / [Michael Underwood].

  • Michael Underwood
Date:
1795
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the diseases of children, with directions for the management of infants from the birth; especially such as are brought up by hand / [Michael Underwood]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ ^ ] done away. Perhaps, the neceffity of clearly and intelligibly expfefling what is to be faid, may, in this inftance, be pleaded with thofe who expert concifenefs and accuracy ; which every writer ihould aim at. It may therefore be obferved, that fome confen^ taneous difeafes have been longer dwelt upon, and their remedies oftener hinted, than might be neceflary for many readers. To fuch, however, as are themfelves ob- liged to fuperintend the health of their children, and to thofe who derive a happi- nefs from contributing to that of their ofF- Tpring, there will not be much apology ne- ceffary, either for entering fo fully into the little matters that compofe the fecond part of the work, or for enlarging elfewhere on many circumftances that may appear trif- ling when feparately conhdered. It was, indeed.