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 The firt thing to be attended to, is laying the foundation of a good contitution. The mother (if there are not very weighty reaons to prevent her) ought to uckle her children. Her milk is their proper nutriment, and for ome time is quite ufficient. Were a regular mode of uckling adopted, it would be far from being a laborious task. Children, who are left to the care of ignorant nures, have their tomachs overloaded with improper food, which turns acid, and renders them very uncomfortable. We hould be particularly careful to guard them in their infant state from bodily pain; as their minds can then afford them no Rh