Every mother's book, or The child's best doctor / by Alfred Fennings.

  • Fennings, Alfred.
Date:
[1859?]
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Credit: Every mother's book, or The child's best doctor / by Alfred Fennings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    occurrence, although it is said to he rather an uncommon thing among the unlearned and uncivilized Indians. But then they have no Medical Colleges! In order to give, therefore, every anxious Mother the best opportunity to preserve the lives of her young offspring, during the critical years of infancy—to enable her to know, and safely to cure, the common disease*! of childhood without any other assistance, to protect her from quackery and from all the poisonous mineral doses of unlicensed or licensed doctors, and to help her to rear her children to strong, healthy, happy manhood, this little Book has been brought before her notice, as her best Guide, containing, as it does, full explanations of Infantine disorders and their symptoms. Also giving valuable hints from the twenty-five years’ experience of one whose happy lot it has frequently been to bring back sweet hope to the hopeless mother, and healthy life to the dying child, when all others have given it over unto death. And likewise prescribing a few safe remedies, which if timely used, will always cure, will agree with the most delicate constitution, and which do not contain Calomel, Antimony, Mercury, nor anything else injurious to the human system. These few Curatives, so strongly recommended, occupying but a very small space, should always be kept in every mother’s possession ready at hand, to be given upon any sudden attack of disease—for most illnesses are easily cured by immediate attention; so that these remedies will be equally available and valuable to emigrant Mothers on ship-board, in the distant colonies, or in the lonely backwoods, as to those living in crowded towns, or country villages. Bringing forward the valuable REMEDIES, which are herein pre¬ scribed, in the form of Patent Medicines, may by some be objected to. It is, however, a practice, now much adopted by our first Physicians and Surgeons; is very convenient, and suits this progressive age. But the best reason for doing so in the present instance, is, because it cannot be avoided, if we wish to do extensive and universal good. Indeed, it is the only sure vray of enabling every Mother to become possessed of these safe remedies; and we have yet to learn that placing a Government stamp around the medicines, will take away a particle of their virtue, or lessen their healing power. Besides, not being ubiquitous, and only capable of being in one place at a time, and not everywhere at once, we feel the difficulty of our position, and our philanthropy is highly delighted to know that by this arrangement all difficulty is removed, that all the necessary medicines that any mother will really require, to cure all the disorders of infancy and childhood, can now be carried, by these public means, in her pocket-book, ready for immediate use, at all times, in all places, at home or abroad. In conclusion, to give confidence, satisfy doubts, appease all anxiety, and to prove the life-saving efficacy of the following simple remedies for children’s diseases, wre will, with thankfulness, conscientiously declare that wherever they have been timely adopted, and used as prescribed, we have not known one case fail, among the many thousands who have used them, for they have always quickly restored the sick child to perfect health. The remedies (see page 17) are sold by all respectable chemists; but if there should be any difficulty experienced in obtaining them, a packet of either sort will be sent, post free, by return of post, to any address in any part of the United Kingdom, upon receipt of a letter, enclosing Is. 8d., or 15 penny postage heads, directed to ALEBED EENNINGS, West Cowes, Isle of Wiciht.