Observations on the utility and administration of purgative medicines in several diseases / by James Hamilton.

  • Hamilton, James, 1749-1835.
Date:
1826
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    purpofes of education, and partly, to ufe a common phrafe, with the view of being kept out of harm s ^ay Children alfo, who are employed in manufac- tories, where their occupation and confinement are fuch as to weaken and enervate them, are liable to be attacked with this difeafe. Irregularity m diet and improper food, alfo give rife to marafmus. We accordingly obferve it to prevail moft commonly m autumn, the feafon which affords opportunity for ;nripe fruit and vegetable articles from the garden. In proof of the operation of thefe caufes I re- that I have held the office of Phyfictan to ri;e Heriot'sHofpital for two and thirty yea.^ During this long period, I fcarcely recoUea an m- JlelfthismLfmus among the child^n e^^^ tained in that inftitution. Thts may be attributed to the healthy fite of the building; to the cleanhnefs an free vennation of every part of it; to t e whole- 1 Lurilhing food of the children, expofure to pure air while enpymg the.r fports. Marafmus has been generally attributed to the prefence of worms in the ahn„ c-h J fuppofition, however, is quefttonable. Afca