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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    fome accidental caufes ariling from mifma- nagement, or errors in the non-naturals]^ as they have been called; efpecially in regard to the quantity of nourifhment adminiftered to infants, and an inattention to the ftate of their bowels. The symptoms of thefe firft difeafes of infants, (by which we alfo judge of their nature), are chiefly retention and excretion; four belchings ; fleknefs j vomitings ; pur- gings ; the nature of the matter thrown off; watching; inquietude; contradlion, andlharp- nefs of the features; bluenefs about the mouth; turning up of the eyes; thirfl;; heat; the manner of breathing and of crying; retradtion of the lower extremities; and puftules, or eruptions, external, or internal. The pulfc and urine are lefs certain marks than they are in older children, and adults. To thefe may be added, the opennefs, or firmnefs of the fontanelles, or moles, and of the futures ; and the relaxation or contraction of the fkin in general, and of the ferotum in particular. •f Such are fnod, air, exerci/e, and the like. Having-