Excerpt from An Eclectic Treatise on Diseases of Children The ailments of children require the very closest scrutiny, not that the disease itself will be more difficult to treat than if it was in an adult; but we have in the child, to rely on symptoms alone, for any history of the case given by parents may be very much warped by the ignorance and prejudices of the relator. If a mother had lost two or three children from inflammation of the bowels, she would not be likely to think of any other dis ease and to bend the symptoms to its indication. Physicians should, therefore, be on their guard, and for themselves examine closely the condition of every organ - the lungs, skin, bowels, etc. - always remembering that the indications are modified by age, sex, constitution, etc. As a general remark, children require much less medicine, and of a simpler kind than adults, even when proportioned to their age. The chief indications are the removal of' obstructions, for when this is done, 'the child's system will generally accomplish the remainder of the cure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.