Medical inquiries and observations (Volume 1).

  • Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.
Date:
1805
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    as soon as they escape from the city air, and in- spire the pure air of the country. I shall conclude this inquiry, by recommending the following methods of preventing this disease, all of which have been found by experience to be useful. 1. The daily use of the cold bath. 2. A faithful and attentive accommodation of the dresses of children, to the state and changes of the air. 3. A moderate quantity of salted meat taken occasionally in those months in which this disease usually prevails. It is perhaps in part from the daily use of salted meat in diet, that the children of country people escape this disease. 4. The use of sound old wine in the summer months. From a tea-spoon-full, to half a wine glass full, according to the age of the child, may be given every day. It is remarkable, that the children of persons in easy circumstances, who sip occasionally with their parents the remains of a glass of wine after dinner, are much less subject to