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Of
NURSES in general.
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keep the cloaths warm and in good order. After delivery, her business is
to tend the mother and child with the utmost care, and and follow the directions
given to her, relating to the management of each.
That the mother herself should give suck,
would certainly be most conducive to her own recovery, as well as to the
health of the child; but when this is inconvenient, or impracticable,
from her weakness, or circumstances in life, a wet nurse ought to be hired,
possessed of the qualifications above described, as well as of those that
follow.
NUMB. II.
THE younger
the milk is, the better will it agree with the age of the infant. The nurse
is more valuable after having brought forth her second child, than after
her first; because she is endued with more knowledge and experience touching
the management of children. She ought to have good nipples, with a sufficient
quantity of good milk: the abundance or scantiness of the secretion may
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