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nipple, or if it attempts to nurse, starts back, as it* hurt in the
attempt.
Various constitutional affections are apt to arise, and na-
ture appears to make, in many cases, a sanative effort to re-
lieve the infant system. Among many, I will mention those
Diarrhoea is apt to take place
which are the most common :
in some cases ; in others, critical eruptions appear upon the
skin, inflamed blotches, soreness behind the ears, and dis-
charge of matter. In some cases an eruption somewhat re-
sembling small pox will appear ; at other times, a rash will
come out on the breast, face, &c, called the red gum. If
the irritation is not soon relieved, convulsions are apt to en-
sue, and often endanger the child's life. Upon looking into
the mouth the gums appear swollen over the new tooth, and
often extending some distance on each side of it. A great
many anomalous symptoms are sometimes noticed, so that
the physician or surgeon ought to be perfectly acquainted
with the time when each tooth is expected to appear, so that
if any singular symptoms of disease present themselves in
the child, he may be able to detect the cause of them.
The surgeon or physician should likewise bear in mind,
that all the diseases of infants do not arise from cutting teeth,
and for this reason he ought to be perfectly acquainted with
the symptoms which denote the appearance of new teeth,
and the precise time when they are expected to appear, and
also what teeth are expected ; for if he does not understand
these circumstances, he will often be led into erroneous prac-
tices, at once derogatory to himself, and most deplorably in-
jurious to the child.
The treatment of children during dentition, must be regu-
lated by the state of the system. No critical evacuation
should ever be checked, if it is not excessive, or so long con-
tinued as to greatly impair the strength of the child. If a