A general view of the natural progress of human life, with observations on the preservation of health, and the prevention and cure of diseases, in the different stages of life / By William Henderson, M.D. Physician in Glasgow.

  • Henderson, William, -1806.
Date:
1791
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    the infant ftate *. Clyfters of an emollient, bitter or anodyne quality, may often be ufcd with advan- tage. Applications, of fimilar qualities, to the navel, have been frequently recommended formerly, but the more afUve remedies, draftic purgatives efpecially, (hould never be ufed in this way during infancy, as their effefts cannot be eftiraated from the quantity ufed. In this complaint, it is of great importance to ufe food of a found and wholefome quality, duly prepared by boiling, and to avoid all food of a crude or indlgeftible quality. When febrile fymptoms accompany, or arife from any of thefe dates of the fyflem, during this com- plaint, they are to be moderated by the ufual means, and their caufes removed, by the remedies already mentioned, or others which may be elleemed more fuitablc to the patient; due regard being always paid to Tcfrelh the patient, by clcanlincfs, and a pure air, and to fupnort, by plain and wholefome nourilhment. Irregular growth, or congeftion, on particular parts, is fometimes to be relieved, or • The .remedies mod commonly ufed for worms, are rhubarb, jalap, calomel, artliiops mineral, the femen fantonicum, and o- thcr bitters. The Limatura ferri, ferrum tartarifatum, and mars facharatus, may likewife be ufed occafionally, in different cafes, with advantage, when the difeafe is with certainty known, or with great probability fufpecded. Much depends on a fuitabie choice, and fcafonablc exhibition of the remedy, in a proper dofc and timely repetition, in order fo render its operation more fafe and efficacious In particular cafes; which a due attention to the ctrcumftances of the cafe, and the general properties and cffeAs of the remedy, can only point out. F