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A90381 De morbis puerorum, or, a treatise of the diseases of children; with their causes, signs, prognosticks, and cures, for the benefit of such as do not understand the Latine tongue, and very useful for all such as are house-keepers, and have children. With the contents of the several chapters, as also an alphabetical table of all the diseases mentioned herein. By Robert Pemell practitioner in physick, at Cranebrooke in Kent. May the 29. 1653. Pemell, Robert. 1653 (1653) Wing P1132; Thomason E721_3; ESTC R207213 39,973 64

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scruple_n of_o aniseed_n gross_o beat_v in_o pap_n milk_n or_o such_o like_a sweeten_v with_o sugar_n to_o a_o child_n new_o bear_v it_o do_v help_v herein_o and_o profitable_o purge_v away_o or_o expel_v from_o the_o bowel_n green_a choler_n and_o filthy_a phlegm_n this_o do_v heurnius_n 293._o heurnius_n heurn_v m_v ad_fw-la prax_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 26._o fol._n 293._o commend_v by_o his_o own_o experience_n you_o may_v also_o give_v the_o child_n penniroyal_a water_n with_o sugar_n or_o diascordium_n at_o night_n outward_a mean_n also_o which_o do_v moderate_o warm_v make_v thin_a and_o expel_v wind_n must_v be_v use_v as_o the_o oil_n of_o dill_n or_o oil_n of_o camomile_n with_o which_o anoint_v the_o belly_n warm_a morning_n and_o evening_n or_o bruise_v pellitory_n of_o the_o wall_n and_o boil_v it_o in_o oil_n of_o camomile_n or_o salad_n oil_n and_o apply_v it_o warm_a to_o the_o belly_n or_o take_v camomile_n flower_n the_o top_n of_o dill_n of_o each_o a_o handful_n 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bean_n beet_n hard_a egg_n etc._n etc._n chap._n 17._o of_o looseness_n and_o flux_n of_o the_o belly_n flux_n of_o the_o belly_n and_o looseness_n do_v often_o happen_v to_o child_n and_o that_o many_o time_n about_o the_o time_n of_o breed_v their_o tooth_n as_o hypocrates_n witness_v 25._o hip._n aph._n 3._o 25._o the_o cause_n the_o cause_n hereof_o be_v bad_a concoction_n or_o corruption_n of_o the_o milk_n or_o nourishment_n for_o a_o fever_n do_v common_o follow_v the_o breed_n of_o tooth_n so_o that_o by_o the_o unnatural_a heat_n the_o digestion_n be_v hurt_v then_o by_o much_o watch_a pain_n be_v increase_v and_o the_o concoction_n hinder_v also_o by_o pain_n the_o necessary_a heat_n which_o bring_v good_a digestion_n be_v draw_v from_o the_o stomach_n and_o so_o concoction_n be_v disturb_v moreover_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o fever_n do_v stir_v up_o many_o humour_n which_o flow_v to_o the_o belly_n cause_v these_o flux_n again_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o fever_n which_o 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some_o do_v not_o concieve_v this_o to_o be_v probable_a first_o because_o those_o humour_n thus_o attract_v or_o gather_v together_o do_v not_o stay_v or_o abide_v in_o the_o mouth_n or_o gum_n but_o fall_v down_o to_o the_o stomach_n second_o because_o the_o tooth_n and_o gum_n by_o the_o continual_a use_n of_o the_o milk_n or_o suck_v be_v make_v more_o soft_a and_o temperate_a three_o because_o in_o moist_a child_n there_o can_v be_v so_o great_a a_o heat_n which_o can_v produce_v so_o much_o acrimonie_n and_o saltness_n four_o because_o if_o these_o humour_n be_v so_o salt_n and_o sharp_a they_o will_v soon_o breed_v ulcer_n of_o the_o mouth_n sometime_o when_o child_n do_v not_o breed_v tooth_n the_o cause_n may_v be_v from_o the_o outward_a air_n whereby_o the_o stomach_n &_o belly_n of_o the_o child_n be_v too_o much_o cool_v and_o thereby_o concoction_n be_v hinder_v or_o when_o the_o stomach_n be_v oppress_v with_o too_o much_o food_n or_o nourishment_n whereby_o crudity_n and_o corruption_n of_o the_o food_n do_v follow_v so_o that_o if_o the_o same_o be_v not_o reject_v or_o cast_v up_o by_o vomit_v it_o be_v carry_v down_o to_o the_o belly_n and_o cause_v these_o flux_n or_o it_o may_v arise_v from_o bad_a nourishment_n or_o from_o the_o badness_n of_o the_o milk_n from_o whence_o corrupt_a juice_n be_v breed_v in_o the_o stomach_n which_o nature_n expel_v by_o stool_n sometime_o it_o may_v proceed_v from_o the_o moistness_n and_o looseness_n of_o ●he_n bowel_n which_o moisture_n have_v its_o original_n from_o some_o sharp_a humour_n in_o the_o stomach_n and_o from_o thence_o fall_v down_o in_o to_o the_o bowel_n the_o sign_n if_o the_o flux_n come_v from_o the_o breed_n of_o tooth_n it_o may_v be_v know_v from_o the_o sign_n of_o breed_n of_o tooth_n as_o in_o the_o sixth_o chapter_n if_o it_o come_v from_o crude_a humour_n than_o the_o food_n be_v void_v not_o concoct_v and_o the_o child_n be_v trouble_v with_o belch_a also_o the_o excrement_n be_v 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digestion_n if_o the_o infant_n suck_v or_o not_o and_o the_o flux_n be_v of_o some_o continuance_n mean_n must_v be_v use_v to_o stay_v it_o and_o such_o mean_n as_o first_o cleanse_v and_o then_o bind_v the_o body_n as_o sirup_o of_o rose_n solutive_a or_o honey_n of_o rose_n solutive_a clyster_n may_v be_v use_v a_o clyster_n take_v of_o barley_n water_n make_v with_o steel_n four_o ounce_n red_a sugar_n one_o ounce_n mix_v they_o together_o and_o make_v a_o clyster_n where_o the_o humour_n be_v cleanse_v and_o the_o flux_n do_v proceed_v from_o a_o hot_a cause_n give_v sirup_o of_o dry_a rose_n sirup_o of_o quince_n sirup_o of_o myrtle_n sirup_o of_o red_a coral_n etc._n etc._n or_o give_v the_o powder_n of_o myrtle_n with_o a_o little_a dragon_n blood_n or_o give_v sorrel_n seed_n plantain_n seed_n or_o red_a rose_n in_o powder_n with_o the_o yolk_n of_o a_o egg_n roast_v at_o the_o fire_n or_o take_v of_o mullein_a flower_n red_a rose_n of_o each_o half_n a_o small_a handful_n 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