The management of infancy, physiological and moral : intended chiefly for the use of parents / by Andrew Combe.

  • Combe, Andrew, 1797-1847.
Date:
1860
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Credit: The management of infancy, physiological and moral : intended chiefly for the use of parents / by Andrew Combe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    prevention. For these reasons, I felt that I was not unprepared for the task. Moreover, I had the feeling that I could not more usefully oc- cupy my leisure, at the close of a long profes- sional life, than in lending such aid as I could to carry out the benevolent intentions of the Author; while I should, at the same time, have the gratification of paying a tribute of respect to the memory of a much esteemed friend. The work has been to me a labour of love; and it has not been a heavy one, as the last edition, which the Author himself corrected, was left so perfect that little remained for an editor to do. In making the few alterations and additions which appeared to me necessary, I have endea- voured to identify myself with the Author, and to do merely what I believe he would himself have done, if his valuable life had been spared. In this spirit, I have gone carefully and repeatedly over the whole work. I have altered the order of some of the chapters, with the view of bringing the subjects treated of more consecutively before the reader. I have also ventured to omit some portions, chiefly in the earlier chapters, as less necessary now than during the Author's life. I have given some additional information on the causes and extent of Infant Mortality, taken