The Complete Mother, Title page – Table of contents
THE Compleat Mother. OR An Earneſt Perſwaſive to all Mothers (eſpecially thoſe of Rank and Quality) to Nurſe their own Children.
A partu ſtatim excipit lactandi cura. Atque hic quidem crat omni Machinarum genere pugnadum adverſus Pravam conſuetudinem, ſed mirum quam vulgo receptam, quà Matres Infantulos ſuos conductitiis mulieribus tradunt nutriendos.
Eraſm. de Matrimonio Chriſtiano. p. 398.
Nil tam praeter Naturam, quam ut Mulier quod genuit, recuſet alere.
Idem Eraſ. ibid.
Sine eam totam, integram eſſe Matrem ſui Filii.
Permit her to be the whole Compleat Mother of her Son.
A. Gell. Noct. Att. l. 12. c. 1.
By HENRY NEWCOME, A. M. and Rector of Tatten-hall in the County Palatine of Cheſter.
LONDON, Printed for J. Wyat at the Roſe in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1695.
Imprimatur,
Humf. Hody R. in Ch. P. ac D. D. Johanni Div. Provid. Archiep. Cant. à Sacris Dom.
Aug. 18. 1694.
THE CONTENTS.
The Introduction. THE Author's Motives to this Ʋndertaking, viz. Compaſſion for Children injured by being Nurſed by Strangers, Charity to ſuch Mothers as are reproach'd for doing their Duty, The Senſe of his own Obligations to oppoſe the Luxury of the Age: And hopes that ſuch a plain Diſcourſe may meet with ſome Succeſs. p. 1
Chap. I. The Caſe is briefly ſtated, and all thoſe Texts of Scripture are alledged, which relate to it: Together with the Arguments and Inferences which reſult from them. p. 15
Chap. II. The great Miſchiefs which Mothers by transferring the Nurſing of their Children to other Women, threaten their Families with both in point of Succeſſion, and that Mutual Affection which ought to be among the ſeveral Branches of it. p 47
Chap. III. The Inconveniencies reſulting to the Children themſelves which are Nurſed by Strangers, in reſpect of their Bodies, either through the Nurſes want of Care, the Unſuitable Nouriſhment, or Contagious Diſeaſes tranſmitted in her Milk. 62
Chap. IV. The Miſchiefs which may be propagated from Mercenary Nurſes to the Minds of Children. p. 76
Chap. V. The Common Plea's for Nurſing Children abroad: Together with the Inſufficiency of them, and the True Cauſes thereof. p. 86
The Concluſion. A Pathetick Addreſs to all, both Fathers and Mothers, that they will admit the Preceding Particulars into their Serious and Impartial Conſideration. p. 98