Chapter V: THE Child is also very frequently troubled with the APHTHÆ, or

_Ulcers of the Mouth_; commonly call’d the THRUSH: Proceeding either from vitious _Milk_, or from its _Corruption_, in the STOMACH; emitting sharp _Vapours_, which readily affect the tender Skin and Superfice of the INFANT’S _Mouth_, and _that_ the more easily, because the same _Tunick_, or _Skin_, which invests the _Mouth_, is common to the _Gullet_, which naturally communicates the _Affections_ of the VENTRICLE to the _Jaws_. Hence it is that the _Nice Taste_ of the _delicate_ TONGUE so readily distinguishes all _Relishes_; and hence it is that the Ingenious _Physician_, by looking upon the TONGUE only, is able to judge of the prevailing _Intemperament_ of the whole Body.

THE _Cure_ of these THRUSHES, proceeding as aforesaid from the _acid Vapours_ of bad MILK, or from its ill _Digestion_, depends properly and entirely upon defeating and obtunding the ACRIMONY, by _proper Absorbents_, and gentle _Purgatives_.