Excerpt from Some Friendly Cautions to the Heads of Families, and Others: Very Necessary to Be Observed, in Order to Preserve Health and Long Life, Containing Also, Ample Directions to Nurses, Who Attend the Sick, Women in Child-Bed, &C The furface of Our Bodies fhould ever be kept as clean as spofiible from all Filth, putrid or infectious Matter, by Water Ab lution, 8m. In the courfe of every Week, or two at farthef't, the hard'crupt, or horny Scales which ufually gather on the Foot, fhould be carefully fcraped off, and the Nails cut fo fl ort as to become even with the ends'of the Toes. The bef't time to perform this is jof't L efote going to Bed, and as every Perfon knows that warm Water, Soap, and Bran, are to be ufed in this operation, and the Feet well dried and kept warm afterwards, no more need be faid on this occafion. 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.