An essay upon nursing, and the management of children, from their birth to three years of age. In a letter to one of the governors of the Foundling Hospital / Published by order of the general committee for transacting the affairs of the said hospital. By a physician [i.e. W. Cadogan].

  • Cadogan, William, 1711-1797
Date:
1752
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Credit: An essay upon nursing, and the management of children, from their birth to three years of age. In a letter to one of the governors of the Foundling Hospital / Published by order of the general committee for transacting the affairs of the said hospital. By a physician [i.e. W. Cadogan]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    has left a great deal to their Skill and Contri¬ vance, often do much harm, where they in¬ tend to do good. Of this I (hall endeavour to convince them, by (hewing, how ^ I think Children may be cloath’d, fed, and managed with much lefs Trouble to their Nurfes, and infinitely greater Eafe and Comfort to the little Ones. The Foundlings under the Care of the Ho- fpital, I prefume, will be bred in a very plain, fimple Manner: They will therefore infallibly have more Health, Beauty, Strength, and Spirits; I might add Underftanding too, as all the Faculties of the Mind are well known to depend upon the Organs of the Body; fo that when thefe are in good Order, the thinking Part is moft alert and adtive; the contrary, when they are difturbed or difeafed. When thefe Advantages appear in Favour of Children fo brought up, as I am confident in time they will, it may ferve to convince mofl: Nurfes, Aunts, Grand-mothers, &c, how much they have hitherto been in the wrong, what Mif- chief is done to Children, and what Multitudes are deftroyed or fpoiled, as well by cramming them with Cakes, Sweetmeats, &c, till they foul their Blood, choak their Veflels, pall the Appetite, and ruin every Faculty of their Bo¬ dies; as by cockering and indulging them, to the utter Perverfion of their naturally good Temper, till they become quite fro ward and indocile. When