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L-X.—Notices Of Books.
_L-X . —NOTICES OF BOOKS .
R»- -** Conibe On Infant Managemen T* Si...
r » - - _** Conibe on Infant Managemen t * Sinipkin and Marshall .
The nintli edition of Dr . Andrew Coinbe ' s book upon the Management of Infancy is revised and edited "by Sir James Clark , and by
him dedicated to the Queen , whose acceptation is received as " additional proof of the interest which she is known to take in the
progress of Sanitary Science . " To which Sir James adds that " assuredlto no one could a workhaving for its object the
preservation y of infant life , and the improvement , of the moral training and instruction of the young , be more appropriately dedicated than
to your Majesty , whose management of your own family affords a briht le to parentsand a living testimony of the wisdom of
bein g g g examp uided , in the treatment , of their offspring , by the laws of health so clearlindicated by the Creator . " Then follows an
introduction , containing y several passages on the importance of the diffusion of sanitary knowledge by different classes of women
;infant-school teachers , governesses , mothers , and philanthropists . It will be seen how strongly he advocates the creation of female
sanitary teachers . We have long been convinced that such are eminently needed to work in our schools and among the poor
, though the training and organisation of the corps would be by no means an easy matter . They ought to be thoroughly efficient
teachers in their department , and regularly certificated like the ordinary mistresses of schools receiving government help ; and surely
in our great normal institutions some plan for attaining this object miht be put in action . If thoroughly well carried out it would be
mis a ne g sionaries w profession wo aid probabl pen to y women come , and to co such nnect sani ion t ary ith t th eachers e classes or
and lectures at mechanics' institutes , and thus find another channel a for hobb their amon efforts . the In fact , san classes itary has reform not , yet which cau has ght become the intellect almost
and ima y ination g of the pp middle an , d lower ranks when it doesit may become g like the temperance causethe subject ; of a veritable ,
, crusade . We have heard a grocer and a _jDoliceman rivaling each other in energy at a temperance meeting in a small country town ;
why should not sanitary reform likewise become a real popular enthusiasm , preached similarly by the _peojDle to the people ; having
first penetrated their ranks by means of the school teachers . We give Sir James Clark's observations on the importance of the study
to women of all conditions . work sible " To . duties my I know younger of their none profession Medical on the brethren , subject I earnestl , of en y tering Infant recommend on H the _ygiene a anxious careful , in which and study respon is of to the be - muchinformationto Medical
Prac found titioners so in , the valuable management practical of infants and young , guide children young . I venture
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1860, page 418, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081860/page/58/
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