Annual address before the Medical Society of the County of Oneida : delivered July 11, 1865 / by C.B. Coventry, M.D. ; published by the Society.
- C. B. Coventry
- Date:
- 1865
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual address before the Medical Society of the County of Oneida : delivered July 11, 1865 / by C.B. Coventry, M.D. ; published by the Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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![should be permitted to spend as much time as convenient in the open air, should retire early to bed, and be up in season in the morning. The food should be lighl and nutritious, but nol slim ulating. In such children more care is necessary to prevent, than to stimulate or excite mental application; they should not be >cnt carl'. il, and the parents should see that the mind is nol over-taxed. Girls who are delicate, if constitutionally in clined to consumption, should be kepi from school from the age i >i twelve to fifteen, the preservation of nealth al this period is the in..st important consideration, and all the energies of the system are required to sustain the rapid growth and development which tally take place al thisage. Nutritious food should be used, warm clothing, plenty of exercise in the open air, cheerful com- pany, and freedom from care and anxiety of mind arc important Y^oung persons who arc predisposed to phthisis, should be care- ful in selecting a profession or occupation that would not confine them too much, or be attended with much anxiety of mind. Formerly it was customary, if a boy was feeble or delicate, to '■ him a profession, or pul him in a store, or to some seden- tary mechanical occupation, on the ground that be was not h for a former. Directly the reverse should h been adopted: if a boy is feeble or delicate, an occupation should ed which would tend to improve his physical health and strength. Many young men have no doubl fell victims to this mistaken idea. When the predisposition is stroii- or a person is actually threatened with the d change of customary occupation, and even a change of climate ma- aen ilc person can indulge in it, ridingon hore lllv i-;11() m theopen air, carried to the !' moderate fatigue, is useful If the app iod, the bowels regular, and the other functions of the *med, th. needs no medicine. The food should be nutritious hut not heating or stimulatu ardent spirits kind should be avoided. They should be warmly clothed to prot ainst the sudden chanj of tl; 'r- and should b cularly careful to guard •reduce influenza, or whal Id; if, notwithstanding their care tl should contra , Bnould at once app]y for ^J. ^ not permit it to run on without treatment.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21111522_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
