The domestic management of children / by P.M. Braidwood.

  • Braidwood Peter Murray, 1842-1905.
Date:
1874
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The domestic management of children / by P.M. Braidwood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    DOMESTIC MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN, CHAPTEK I. ON THE TREATMENT OF AN INFANT IMMEDIATELY AFTER BIRTH. A new-born child may be regarded as a mass of animated clay, composed of different tissues, which, by proper exercise, may be developed into a healthy being, or be destroyed gradually or suddenly by very simple means. All the tissues are at this stage of existence so delicate, and pos- sess the power of such rapid growth, that, with care, they can be cultured to almost any extent, or may be stunted or otherwise altered, so as to lose their vitality at once, or remain amongst others of a healthy growth in an isolated con- B
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