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book_n of_o generation_n advise_v you_o not_o to_o meddle_v with_o it_o but_o rather_o to_o let_v the_o child_n die_v without_o do_v any_o thing_n to_o it_o as_o he_o say_v he_o do_v himself_o when_o he_o be_v send_v for_o by_o a_o tailor_n in_o the_o like_a case_n he_o recite_v in_o the_o same_o place_n a_o story_n of_o a_o chirurgeon_n of_o his_o time_n call_v mr._n peter_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr rock_n who_o be_v in_o very_o great_a danger_n of_o his_o life_n for_o have_v open_v a_o impostume_n of_o the_o navel_n of_o a_o child_n of_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr martigue_n which_o be_v do_v the_o intestine_n come_v forth_o by_o the_o orifice_n and_o soon_o after_o the_o child_n die_v which_o the_o servant_n of_o the_o house_n report_v be_v thereby_o cause_v and_o therefore_o although_o without_o reason_n they_o will_v have_v kill_v he_o if_o the_o say_v mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr martigue_n have_v not_o hinder_v they_o but_o i_o believe_v the_o chirurgeon_n have_v shun_v the_o danger_n they_o put_v he_o in_o and_o that_o disgrace_n if_o he_o have_v before_o make_v a_o good_a prognostic_n of_o what_o will_v follow_v and_o the_o danger_n wherein_o the_o infant_n be_v for_o it_o may_v be_v resemble_v many_o of_o our_o time_n who_o undertake_v such_o thing_n that_o they_o may_v be_v think_v more_o able_a than_o other_o and_o be_v but_o simple_a fellow_n boast_v themselves_o capable_a to_o work_v miracle_n he_o have_v promise_v speedy_o to_o cure_v the_o child_n of_o this_o malady_n which_o be_v incurable_a that_o under_o so_o fair_a hope_n he_o may_v have_v a_o good_a sum_n in_o hand_n pay_v he_o in_o this_o we_o must_v follow_v parey_n advice_n with_o some_o distinction_n for_o if_o the_o impostume_n be_v small_a and_o the_o child_n strong_a one_o must_v not_o forbear_v have_v first_o make_v a_o good_a prognostic_n to_o open_v it_o and_o when_o there_o be_v never_o so_o little_a hope_n it_o be_v better_a to_o practice_v what_o art_n command_v than_o to_o forsake_v the_o sick_a in_o a_o certain_a despair_n chap._n xxvi_o of_o the_o smarting_n redness_n and_o inflammation_n of_o the_o groin_n buttock_n and_o thigh_n of_o the_o infant_n if_o the_o nurse_n do_v not_o keep_v the_o child_n very_o clean_o not_o change_v the_o bed_n or_o wash_v they_o each_o time_n or_o assoon_o as_o they_o be_v foul_v with_o their_o excrement_n their_o acrimony_n will_v not_o fail_v to_o cause_v redness_n and_o smarting_n in_o the_o groin_n thigh_n and_o buttock_n and_o afterward_o because_o of_o the_o pain_n these_o part_n will_v inflame_v which_o easy_o happen_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o tenderness_n and_o delicacy_n of_o their_o skin_n from_o which_o the_o body_n the_o the_o outward_a skin_n of_o the_o body_n epidermis_fw-la be_v at_o length_n separate_v and_o wear_v away_o if_o timely_a care_n be_v not_o take_v the_o cure_n of_o these_o indisposition_n be_v twofold_a that_o be_v first_o to_o keep_v the_o child_n clean_o and_o second_o to_o take_v off_o the_o sharpness_n of_o its_o urine_n as_o to_o the_o first_o the_o nurse_n must_v cleanse_v the_o child_n of_o his_o excrement_n assoon_o as_o he_o have_v void_v they_o shift_v it_o each_o time_n with_o a_o clean_a bed_n wash_v in_o the_o buck_n as_o to_o the_o second_o thing_n to_o be_v observe_v of_o temper_v the_o child_n urine_n that_o can_v be_v execute_v but_o by_o the_o nurse_n keep_v a_o cool_a diet_n that_o so_o her_o milk_n may_v have_v the_o same_o quality_n wherefore_o let_v she_o abstain_v from_o all_o thing_n that_o may_v heat_v she_o beside_o these_o two_o general_n cool_v and_o dry_v remedy_n must_v be_v apply_v to_o the_o inflame_a part_n wherefore_o each_o time_n the_o child_n excrement_n be_v wipe_v off_o let_v the_o part_n be_v bathe_v with_o plantain_n water_n mix_v with_o a_o four_o part_n of_o limewater_n and_o if_o the_o pain_n be_v very_o great_a let_v it_o only_o be_v foment_v with_o lukewarm_a milk_n many_o woman_n ordinary_o use_v the_o powder_n of_o a_o post_n to_o dry_v it_o or_o a_o little_a mill-dust_n which_o they_o strew_v upon_o it_o unguentum_fw-la album_fw-la or_o diapompholigos_n spread_v upon_o a_o small_a rag_n in_o form_n of_o a_o plaster_n will_v not_o be_v amiss_o above_o all_o when_o the_o nurse_n open_v the_o child_n let_v she_o be_v very_o careful_a to_o wrap_v the_o inflame_a part_n with_o fine_a white_a rag_n that_o those_o part_n may_v not_o by_o rub_v together_o be_v more_o gall_v and_o pain_v chap._n xxvii_o of_o the_o ulcer_n or_o thrush_n of_o the_o mouth_n of_o a_o infant_n very_a frequent_o the_o milk_n of_o a_o nurse_n that_o be_v red-haired_n give_v to_o wine_n or_o very_o amorous_a may_v by_o its_o heat_n and_o acrimony_n cause_v small_a ulcer_n in_o a_o infant_n mouth_n which_o be_v call_v aphthae_n and_o vulgar_o cancer_n sometime_o also_o