... relatives, the transmission ofconstitutional taint, the insanitary condition of the dwelling, and the injudicious selection of the food of the infant.FOOTNOTES:[1] This is the proportion stated ... parents themselves; but there are other conditions on which the health ofchildren to a great degree depends; and of these the two most important are the dwelling they inhabit, and the food they ... lessens, and they can be opened with less difficulty;their inner surface at the same time becomes softer, but thick and granular, and next the eyes themselves put on likewise a granular condition...