Chapter XI: FINALLY as to the small or puny Faults of NATURE, such as a

distorted or wry _Mouth_, crooked or flat NOSE, thick or flabby LIPS, rough or ugly VISAGE, or the like _Blemishes_,——

THE CHILD’S _Body_ being tractable like a piece of _Wax_, or the _Potter’s Clay_, These may be Judiciously corrected and Ingeniously amended, and a more Delectable and Amiable FORM given to[186] every _Part_; as in _Case_ of any _Blemish_ of the EYES, whether they be Discoloured, or Sparkling, Dim or Short-sighted, Squint or Goggle, Rolling or Goat-eyed; a Lovely _black Colour_, and a _graceful Beauty_, may be also artfully given them[187].

NOW (I think) These are all the most common _Symptoms_ or _Indispositions_ which the CHILD brings with it into the World; which being thus briefly discuss’d, I come at length to——

CHAP. XI.
_Of the Sundry Symptoms and Diseases, peculiarly incident to the_ INFANT
_after its_ BIRTH.

NOTWITHSTANDING that the CHILD may be born free from all apparent _Symptoms_ of any _Indisposition_, and however careful the Honest Nurse may be of its _Diet_ and _Regimen_; yet it seldom happens, but it undergoes some one or more of the _following subitaneous Inconveniencies_, viz.——