The married lady's companion, or, Poor man's friend; in four parts : I. An address to the married lady, who is the mother of daughters : II. An address to the newly married lady : III. Some important hints to the midwife : IV. An essay on the management and common diseases of children / by Samuel K. Jennings.

  • Jennings, Samuel K. (Samuel Kennedy), 1771-1854.
Date:
[1808?]
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Credit: The married lady's companion, or, Poor man's friend; in four parts : I. An address to the married lady, who is the mother of daughters : II. An address to the newly married lady : III. Some important hints to the midwife : IV. An essay on the management and common diseases of children / by Samuel K. Jennings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    them, and which is feldom gained but with riper years. 4. Hence I draw the two following conclufions, Firft, God wifely defigned, that the reafon and experience of parents, fliould be employed in the government of their children through the whole courfe of their infancy. 5. 2d, If parents do not ufe every poffible exer- tion, and through neglect, their children fliould lake a wrong direction ; as parents they are ac- countable for the injury done to their offspring; and as tiuftees, they are bound to anfwer to that fociety of which they are members, for all the tonfeouent rnifchief brought upon the public. 6. The little bodies of our children firftdemand our care, in as much as a certain growth mult take place before the mind unfolds itfelf. 7. We proceed however, but a fhort diftance with our charge, before the talk becomes a compli- cated one. Their minds quickly claim attention, 8. It is therefore important, that we fliould fet out on fuch a plan, as may readily adapt itfelf to both thefe confideralions, viz. The errablifliment of a found constitution of the body; and the forma- tion of the virtuous affeSiions of the mind* CHAP. III. Importance of exercise for establishing a good constitution. The propenKty of children, to be in conflant ac- tion, as ^'ell as the experience of mankind in all ages? fufficiently pi k importance of