Wesley Corpus

'Tis best to wean a Child when feven Months old. It should lie in the Cradle at least a Year. No child fhould touch any fpirituous or fermented Liquor, nor animal Food, before two Years old. Their drink fhould be Water. Tea they fhould never taste, till ten or twelve Years old. Milk, Milk- porridge and Water-gruel, are the proper Breakfasts for Children. Chin-Cough or Hooping-Cough. Ufe the Cold Bath daily: 155. Or, rubthe Feet thoroughly with Hogs-lard, before the Fire, at going to Bed, and keep the Child warm therein : Tried . 156. Or, rub the Back at lying down with old Rum. It feldom fails : 157. Or, give a Spoonful of Juice of Penny-royal, mixt with brown Sugar-candy, twice a Day: 158. Or, halfa Pint of Milk warm from the Cow, with the Quantity of a Nutmeg of Conserve of Rofes diffolved in it, every Morning. 159. Or, diffolve a scruple of Salt of Wormwood in a Quarter of a Pint of clear Water : Add to to it ten Grains of finely powder'd Cochineal, and sweeten it with Loaf-Sugar. Give a Child within the Year, the fourth Part of a Spoonful of this four Times a Day, with a Spoonful of Barley-water after it . Give a Child two Years old, half a fpoonful : A Child above four Years old, a Spoonful. Boiled Apples put into warm Milk may be his chief Food. This relieves