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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease., by Thomas Bull, M.D. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease. Author: Thomas Bull, M.D. Release Date: December 4, 2003 [EBook #10383] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MATERNAL MANAGEMENT OF *** Produced by Albert R. Mann Library. 2003. Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition and History (HEARTH). Ithaca, NY: Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University. http://hearth.library.cornell.edu (Version January 2003). THE MATERNAL MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN, IN HEALTH AND DISEASE. By Thomas Bull, M.D. Physician Accoucheur To The Finsbury Midwifery Institution, And Lecturer On Midwifery, And On The Diseases Of Women And Children; Author Of "Hints To Mothers On The Management Of Their Health." 1840. PREFACE. This little book has been written for the young and inexperienced mother. It is intended to furnish her with that information which the experience and observation of some years convince the author, young mothers, almost without any exception, do not possess; and yet, from ignorance of which, the constitution of many an infant has received irretrievable injury, and life itself but too frequently fallen a sacrifice. In the first chapters, devoted to the general management of the child in health, the author has endeavoured to teach the young mother, that the prevention of disease is her province, not its cure; that to this object all her best efforts must be directed; and, moreover, that to tamper with medicine, when disease has actually commenced, is to hazard the life of her offspring. In the fourth chapter it has been attempted to point out, how the first symptoms of disease may be early detected by the parent. The subject has been felt to be a difficult one, and to give particular directions quite out of the question; but it is hoped that the suggestions thrown out will, in some measure, answer the purpose intended. On the advantage of an early and prompt application of remedies in the diseases of c
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