Children : their hydropathic management in health and disease a descriptive and practical work designed as a guide for families and physicians / by Joel Shew.

  • Shew, Joel, 1816-1855.
Date:
1852
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Credit: Children : their hydropathic management in health and disease a descriptive and practical work designed as a guide for families and physicians / by Joel Shew. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTEN fS, CHAP'/ER I. Paternity and its Circumstance. —Custom of Catholics in worship- ing the Mother of God—Rfsponsibility of Parents in regard to the Health and genera Well-being of Children—Important Con- siderations for Woman—The Laws of Lycurgus—The Hea th of Offspring depends in great part on the Health of Parents—The future Health of Children depends much on their state of Health at Birth—Testimony of Sir James Clark in reference to Scrofula —It ia comparatively easy to rear a Child healthfully if he has inherited a good Constitution—This Subject is one of great Im- portance, not only to Parents, but to every Member iv Society. 19 CHAPTER II. Of Marriage, and its Connection with the Birth and Well-being of Offspring—At what Time should it be consummated—Late and early Marriages—Arguments on both sides of the Question—Nc precise and fixed Rules can be given on the Subject—The Tin p should vary in different Parts of the World, and according to In- dividual Circumstances—Growth of the Body should not be con- founded with the Development of the Uterine Function—Some ge neral Advice on the Subject—Some assert that Marriages ar generally too early formed in this Country—Want of Pr</of— Do Women retain it'cir Health and Beauty longer in Great Britain than in the L'tfied States—Ful/iicss of Flesh wid ruddiness of Coi. rlexion not necessarily Proofs of Health—American Women QK^ttbhr |f .{eal'hy as the Kuropean—Rema-\s of Dr. Dcwous