Vulgar words in The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease (Page 1)
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If cow's milk disagree with an infant--and this is sometimes unfortunately the case, even from its birth ass's milk,--diluted with one third its quantity of water, may be given as a substitute.
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The diet was immediately changed for ass's milk, and in less than twelve hours the sickness and purging ceased; the flatulence was relieved; the motions, from being green, watery, and passed with great violence and pain, became of a healthy consistence and colour, and the screaming ceased.
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The evident conclusion from this is, that the breast-milk of a healthy woman is incomparably the most suitable diet for the infant; but that, if she be not of a healthy constitution, it may be destructive to the child; and that where this cannot be obtained, and cow's milk is found to disagree, ass's milk may sometimes be resorted to with the happiest results.
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[FN#8] [FN#8] An infant will generally consume a quart, or a little more, of ass's milk in the four and twenty hours; and as this quantity is nearly as much as the animal will give, it is best to purchase an ass for the express purpose.
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--, ass's; for infant's food, 37.