The young woman's book of health / by Dr. Wm. A. Alcott.

  • Alcott, William A. (William Andrus), 1798-1859.
Date:
1855
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Credit: The young woman's book of health / by Dr. Wm. A. Alcott. 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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    more. Besides this, — what is not so well known as it should be, — every cold increases the suscep- tibility of the system to similar impressions. But the system is susceptible in regard to all other impressions. Flannel cannot be worn next the skin, perhaps; and yet, from its exceeding thinness and feebleness, such is the sensibility to changes of the atmosphere, and so unequal the per- spiration,— now very free, now almost suppressed, — that flannel seems particularly demanded. The feet are easily chilled : and so of the hands. Yet the warmer the dress which you apply to any part of the body, the greater the difficulty of keeping up a steady impression by it. And then again, in regard to food and drink, the same difficulty is experienced. Such delicate children are apt to have an irregular appetite, often quite feeble, but sometimes very voracious. When feeble, moreover, it is quite common for the mother or other friends to be indulgent, and to give them many little delicacies; and the more feeble they are, the more they are indulged. This, though the result of kindness, is a great error ; for it only aggravates, in the end, the very evil these friends would gladly remove. If there are individuals among us who can bear these little nice things with safety, which I very much doubt, it certainly is not those delicate and tender children.